Roughly 1.77-million-year-old teeth show that slow development in hominids may have had an earlier start than previously ...

It has been 50 years since archaeologists discovered Lucy, perhaps the most famous ancient hominin ever found. But the ...

The “one-of-a-kind” fossil of Navaornis hestiae helps fill a giant gap in scientists’ understanding of how bird brains ...

The Lea County sheriff said his office was exploring whether the bones might be linked to any homicides or missing persons.

When I started my research on the Samuel George Morton Cranial Collection, a librarian leaned over my laptop one day to share ...

A collection of skulls and shrunken heads has been removed from a leading auction site, but the trade in human remains is ...

A rare 80-million-year-old fossil bird skull is helping scientists decode how modern bird intelligence evolved.

A study looking at the brain size of different breeds relative to their skulls reveals that big brains doesn't mean smarter ...

Officials found the remains, including evidence of 10 to 20 human skulls, at a home in the small city of Jal, which borders Texas.

More than 25 years of development and testing have gone into reducing brain strain that results in concussions and severe ...