A study of
ancient skulls found in Brazil reveals that human migration occurred in Americas through two waves of human population.
Ancient skulls found in Spain reveal how the earliest Neanderthals differed from their ancestors, suggesting their jaws changed shape to grip objects
An ancient skull found in Papua New Guinea in 1929 is believed to be the world's oldest known tsunami victim.
Not exact matches
The researchers looked for evidence of
ancient altercations by examining 350 adult Neolithic
skulls from British burial sites and analyzing the microstructure of any fractures they
found.
A 13 - million - year - old
skull found in Kenya provides the best evidence yet for the African origins of the
ancient species that gave rise to all living apes
By comparing modern and
ancient skulls, she
found that the cerebellum, an area that acts as a switchboard for the rest of the brain, grew as overall brain size shrank.
Insights are also expected from back, forearm and finger fossils of two or three
ancient apes, possibly also from N. alesi,
found near the
skull site in 2015.
Study authors began re-thinking the alligator's evolutionary history after Whiting examined an
ancient alligator
skull, originally thought to be an extinct species, unearthed in Marion County, Florida, and
found it to be virtually identical to the iconic modern species.
The short snout and wide braincase of a canid
skull (top)
found in Belgium's Goyet Cave, in comparison with two
ancient wolves
found in nearby caves (middle, bottom), led scientists to claim the Goyet bones are from a 36,000 - year - old dog.
An analysis of an
ancient skull from China suggests it is eerily similar to the earliest known fossils of our species —
found in Morocco, some 10,000 kilometres to the west.
Instead, they used data from hundreds of modern women from around the world to
find an average approximation of
skull size, skin tone and other features, then combined that information with the
ancient woman's own
skull measurements to make a likeness.