The human skull has many components. In fact, in an average adult human, the skull combines 22 bones. One of these bones is the mandible, more commonly known as the lower jaw. What Is the Mandible ...

1.8 million-year-old skull is exquisitely preserved One of five full or partial skulls uncovered in Dmanisi in nation of Georgia Suggests that some species thought to be separate are all from same ...

The Golden Ratio exists within the human skull, says a team of researchers at Johns Hopkins University. But what is the mythical number, and what does it mean?

The skull of a 5-year-old girl who lived 140,000 years ago has similarities with modern Homo sapiens and Neanderthals, ...

The skull has been described from the outset as that of an early modern human, due to ear anatomy, details of the neck muscle attachments, and the presence of a high, rounded braincase.

The evolution of bipedalism in fossil humans can be detected using a key feature of the skull -- a claim that was previously contested but now has been further validated by researchers.

Big brains outpaced well-rounded brains in human evolution. Around the time of the origins of our species 300,000 years ago, the brains of Homo sapiens had about the same relatively large size as ...

Human skull and bipedalism evolved side-by-side "This question of how bipedalism influences skull anatomy keeps coming up," said anthropologist Chris Kirk.

Beautiful Skull Spurs Debate on Human History A 1.8-million-year-old skull blends features of a number of early human species.

Authorities in Florida say a skull recently found at a local thrift store may have belonged to a human.

Among scattered mammal fossils, a piece of human parietal or more commonly known as the skull bone was discovered from the Zhoukoudian Site, a UNESCO listed cultural heritage site on the ...