The ancient skull will soon be the centerpiece of a planned ice age exhibit that will feature fossils found across Texas, including those from horses, camels, sloths, and the short-faced bear ...

In contrast, the skulls of wild boars, who remain omnivores, have not undergone such changes. The findings demonstrate how strongly humans can influence the evolution of animals.

FOLLOWING the recovery of several fragments A of a very small adult skull of Sinanthropus from Locus I (Locality 1) in the latter part of our spring field season at Choukoutien, we had the good ...

The fossilized 69-million-year-old skull of the oldest known modern bird has been discovered. The early relatives of ducks and geese lived in Antarctica at around the same time Tyrannosaurus rex ...

The two pigs on the left are the German refined Landschwein and the German Edelschwein. On the right is an animal that looks very similar to an original domestic pig. Short snouts and a flat ...

In the dead of night, the skull of Robert Burns was removed from the crypt where he lay. It was his second final resting place - and the poet was to be disturbed once more. A group of men intent ...

A new study finds that primate skulls, including those from threatened species such as orangutans, gibbons and proboscis monkeys, are openly sold in these shops, despite the trade being illegal.

Adding to the pain were the stark labels written on the shrouds: “Skull without a lower jaw”, “Bone fragments”, “Rib cage”, or “Upper and lower limbs”. Instead of names and ages ...

An ancient skull that was found in Turkey close to a century ago does not belong to Cleopatra's younger, rebellious sister, after all. A new analysis of the ancient bone reveals it isn't even that of ...