The mysterious ancient humans were only known from fossil fragments. Now, two papers argue a skull uncovered in China belongs to this group, after examining preserved DNA and proteins ...

The discovery of an old skull in a building's wall puts science to the test By BRYAN FITZGERALD , Staff writer Jan 16, 2012 A casting of a skull is seen on display at the Ravena Village Hall on ...

An international team of researchers has approximated the face of a woman whose 45,000-year-old remains were discovered more than 70 years ago. The severed skull of the Zlatý kůň woman — the ...

Scientists have recovered genetic material from a skull found in northeastern China, which they say reveals the most complete ...

A 9,000-year-old human skull discovered near the West Bank city of Jericho has a new face, thanks to technology and a multi-national research team.. The “Jericho Skull” as it is widely called ...

Scientists were able to reconstruct a face based on an ancient skull—whether it belonged to the Biblical figure remains a mystery. 1:08. Is This the Face of Mary Magdalene?

The Harbin skull (left) and the Dali skull (right).

A chance encounter in an Ethiopian goat pen has yielded a one-of-a-kind fossil: the nearly complete skull of a human ancestor that died some 3.8 million years ago. “It takes you back about 3.8 ...

Titanosaurian embryo skull (top), 3d face reconstruction (below), and head reconstruction (inset). Kundrat et al., 2020 Researchers believe the specimen is a titanosaurian dinosaur, a type of ...