New research suggests that modern conditions may trace back to Neanderthal skull traits we share with our extinct cousins.

In this video, we build a Pirate Canon using polymer clay and fill it with black powder and a clay cannonball. The experiment ...

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

People with Chiari malformations have a skull shape similar to Neanderthals, suggesting that the condition may be caused by ...

The mysterious ancient humans were only known from fossil fragments. Now, two papers argue a skull uncovered in China belongs ...

When scientists brushed aside the dusty soil in 2022 to reveal a saber-toothed skull, they had no idea it would upend ...

The Children's Museum of Indianapolis took two big rocks containing a dinosaur skull to the hospital for a CT scan. The ...

A Brazil-based Argentine trio will make its Louisiana debut July 3 with an accordion, seven-stringed guitar and a contrabass.

A discovery of long missing human bones illustrates how the story of serial killer Pee Wee Gaskins may never die – unlike his victims.

A skull from China has been identified as Denisovan using molecular evidence – so ancient humans once known solely from their ...

Bolg amondol was a raccoon-sized armored mostesaurian lizard that lived about 77 million years ago, similar to today’s Gila monsters ( Heloderma horridum ). It is named after the goblin prince from ...

Molecular sleuthing has tied the more‑than‑146,000‑year‑old Harbin cranium, known as "Dragon Man," to this hidden branch of humanity.