Now, more than 140 years later, researchers have corrected that error, revealing that the so-called Mladeč 1 skull belonged to a 17-year-old female who lived during the Aurignacian, part of the ...

A facial reconstruction of a 17-year-old Stone Age woman Cicero Moraes / Jiri Sindelar / Karel Drbal More than 140 years ago, archaeologists discovered a skull in what is now the Czech Republic.

Modified skulls found in an ancient burial site in Japan were deliberately reshaped in both men and women as an expression of collective identity, a new study suggests.

But elongated skulls found on 13 female skeletons from around 500 A.D. discovered in southern German towns along the Danube River confused archaeologists.

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