Crystal skulls are not uncommon or terribly mysterious. Thousands are produced every year in Brazil, China, and Germany. But there are a handful of these rather macabre objects that have fueled ...

The Dragon Man's skull is huge, with a brain size about the same as the average for our species Chinese researchers have unveiled an ancient skull that could belong to a completely new species of ...

The descendants of Dorudon went on to evolve into modern whales. About 34 million years ago, a group of whales began to develop a new way of eating. They had flatter skulls and feeding filters in ...

In this feature, compare the skulls and jawbones of a Neanderthal and an early modern human and see if you can ferret out the many anatomical dissimiliarities that paleoanthropologists use to ...

Aptly named 'Big Sam' has a skull that weighs in at 272 kilograms and is the size of a baby elephant Author of the article: You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if ...

Archaeologists have excavated more sections of an extraordinary Aztec tower of human skulls under the centre of Mexico City. Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH ...

In 1832, Yale students — including future President William Howard Taft's father — founded one of America's most famous secret societies: Skull and Bones. Since then, the group has come to ...

Yet the skull lacked several other adaptations that ... years whales had passed the point of no return:Basilosaurus, Dorudon, and their relatives never set foot on land, swimming confidently ...

While many of the legends surrounding crystal skulls have been debunked, the small, roughly carved skull in the National Museum of Anthropology's collection seems to be genuine. (02:04 ...

“Their skulls were certainly very similar ... whales probably looked a lot like the basilosaurids Zygorhiza or Dorudon,” ...

Deep down you uncover bones that look old. You recover a full skull with teeth, and most of the bones of the body, missing a few smaller vertebrae and toes. What can you find out about the person ...