Hippopotamuses are some of the largest creatures on earth and the deadliest animals in Africa. These territorial behemoths ...

Using four fossil remains excavated between 1998 and 2002, Gerakakis and Prof. Makris set out to digitally reconstruct the ...

The sad history of the skull has been all but forgotten. A paper tag, brown and soft with age, gives the only clue to its story. It shares a warehouse shelf with other hippo skulls – powerful ...

The first hint of something special in the area where the fossils were found came on Nov. 16, 1997, when White noticed a butchered hippopotamus skull and stone tools. Eleven days later ...

Researchers from the University of Western Attica successfully reconstructed the skull of the extinct dwarf hippopotamus, Hippopotamus creutzburgi, using 3D digital imaging techniques. The study ...

The skull of Hippopotamus amphibius of Cava Montanari. Cranium in dorsal (A), ventral (B), right lateral (C), left lateral (D) and posterior (E) views. Mandible in occlusal (F) right lateral (G ...

They also took a hippopotamus skull. Essential as objects for study at the institution, they were original specimens that had initially been collected by a natural history dealer and taxidermist ...

The scientists stumbled onto the location in 1999 when White spied a butchered hippo skull, leftovers from a prehistoric meal. [These are] some of the most significant discoveries of early Homo ...

A hippopotamus skull and a full dog’s skeleton are among the rare animal bones dating back to 1880 stolen from the University of Sydney. The bones were stolen from the teaching collection of a ...