New research suggests that modern conditions may trace back to Neanderthal skull traits we share with our extinct cousins.

Naming discussions aside, a very exciting discovery remains: a kind of human we once only knew from a pinky bone dug up from ...

When scientists brushed aside the dusty soil in 2022 to reveal a saber-toothed skull, they had no idea it would upend ...

That first dig was significant — the skeleton bones included rear limbs, making it the first evidence of a land-based snake ...

Maba 1 also suffered trauma before death, but the specific cause of the trauma remains unknown.

What Is the Purpose of the Skull? All the various skull bone parts come together to serve two major purposes. First, the skull surrounds and protects the brain, brainstem, and eyes.

Goodsell was only 29 years old when he died, meaning that he spent more years as “the skull that washed up on the beach” than ...

The Harbin skull (left) and the Dali skull (right).

People with Chiari malformations have a skull shape similar to Neanderthals, suggesting that the condition may be caused by ...

The mysterious ancient humans were only known from fossil fragments. Now, two papers argue a skull uncovered in China belongs ...

The Association between Skull Bone Fractures and the Mortality Outcomes of Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury. Emergency medicine international, 2022, 1296590.

"Because your skull is a closed box, the water needs a way out or else pressure's going to build up," he says. Despite increased pressure on the brain, it's called normal pressure hydrocephalus ...