Humans have practiced head shaping for tens of thousands of years, and anthropologists are beginning to uncover clues as to ...

Researchers discovered evidence of advanced surgery on a 2,500-year-old skull from the ancient Pazyryk culture of southern ...

HUBEI, China (WKRC/CNN Newsource) - The reexamination of a prehistoric skull led researchers to believe that humanity may have began 400,000 years earlier than previously thought. A badly crushed ...

The UK west Dorset coast is well known for its fossils. The so-called ‘Jurassic Coast’ has yielded numerous specimens that ...

Researchers investigating the prehistoric wetlands of the Duvensee Moor in Schleswig-Holstein have uncovered the skull of a wild aurochs that had once been mounted on a wooden post near what is ...

Researchers say elongated alien-like skulls found in ancient graves were shaped in infancy and carried different meanings across cultures.

Explore the fascinating world of ancient elongated skulls from Peru and Bolivia in this in-depth investigation. Discover ...

He lived hundreds of thousands of years ago, eking out an existence in what is today central China. Sporting a squat neck and a big brain, he likely wielded tools made of stone and hunted or scavenged ...

Scientists suggest it may be the remains of a prehistoric hominin that walked alongside Neanderthals hundreds of thousands of years ago. Reading time 3 minutes In 1960, a villager found something ...

The caramel-colored skull of an ancient cave bear is believed to be at least 60,000 years old, and it’s up for auction in Anchorage.

Experts have reconstructed the skull of a prehistoric predator that long puzzled scientists, and revealed a fearsome yet oddly familiar sight. Roughly 330 million years ago, Crassigyrinus scoticus ...