A team led by paleontologist Shorouq Al-Ashqar of Mansoura University and the American University in Egypt has given the ...

Dermal skull roof or dermatocranium A shield of membrane or dermal bone covering the top and sides of the head and extending down to ... Jaw muscles go through these temporal openings and attach to ...

Cranial therapy (also called cranial osteopathy and craniosacral therapy) is based on the theory, developed by a 1930s ...

An ancient skull that was found in Turkey close to a century ago does not belong to Cleopatra's younger, rebellious sister, after all.

The near-complete fossil skull, unearthed on Vega Island near the Antarctic Peninsula, reveals a bird that thrived in the challenging waters off Antarctica roughly 69 million years ago, just three ...

The variety of burial practices found in Neolithic Italy, particularly the special treatment of skulls and bones ... one skull per decade up until the addition of the youngest skull, Cranium ...

Researchers say they have identified a new species of ancient hominin, Homo juluensis, that could help solve another big mystery of human evolution. Their proposal is sparking debate in the scientific ...

“Their skulls are actually very, very large, you know, the estimated cranial capacity is 1,700 ... discoveries when a trowel hits a skull or other telltale bone in the confines of a cave.