Why did these Viking women have cone-shaped skulls?
Three Viking women's skulls reshaped 1,000 years ago intrigue scientists.
Tag: skull
Ancient Taiwan was inhabited by ‘short, dark-skinned’ people that also populated South Africa
That's quite a trip to make!
Oldest modern bird species so far discovered in Belgian limestone quarry
They call it the Wonderchicken!
One of our extinct ancient relatives developed a chewing pattern unique among primates
We don't know why they did so.
Whale skulls act like resonance chambers to help them hear underwater
First whole-body CT scan of a minke whale yields insights on whale communication
How expressive eyebrows helped shape human evolution
Well this study is bound to raise some eyebrows.
Surreal, six-inch mummy with an elongated skull finally described by scientists
Spoiler alert: not an alien.
We owe the shape of our jaws, at least in part, to our ancestors’ love of cheese
Cheese -- it literally made your bones what they are.
Tiny, fossilized ape skull brings us closer to the common human-ape ancestor, fuels debate over humanity’s place of birth
Not bad for such a small thing.
Facial reconstruction shows how British people looked like 3,700 years ago
Short, round skulls were the norm then.
Man 3-D prints his wife’s tumor and saves her life
ZME Science has reported extensively on how 3-D printing is being implemented in the medical sector with some fantastic results. ...
Why do we have chins?
Chins are weird and make little evolutionary sense.
Transition to civilization led to drop in testosterone
A study suggests that humanity's transition to civilization coincided with a drop in testosterone. Less of the hormone is associated ...
First complete cranium replacement performed using 3D printing
Many herald 3-D printing as a new wave set to revolutionize manufacturing in the 21 century. I fully agree in ...
Crania Americana: the most influential book on scientific racism
For men of simple means and upbringing, it's easy to credit racism: the other fellow is different from me - ...
American skulls have significantly gotten larger in the past seven generations, and still growing
A new study from anthropologists at University of Tennessee analyzed the skulls of caucasian American men and women from between the ...
Ancient Brits made goblets from skulls
Nowadays Brits may be some of the most civilized people on Earth, but 15.000 years ago, things were really different. ...
