A 20-million-year-old monkey skull that fits in the palm of an adult’s hand may contain remnants of piecemeal brain evolution in ancient primates.

A primate skull unearthed outside of Mecca in Saudi Arabia is the closest common ancestor to apes and ... making 24 million to 29 million years ago the window in which the monkey-ape split may ...

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A monkeylike animal seen as an ancestor of monkeys, apes and humans was not as brainy as expected, according to scientists who analyzed its nicely preserved 29 million-year-old skull.

Customs agents at France's largest airport have spent months stockpiling a shocking discovery – the trafficked skulls and other remains of more than 700 animals headed for the U.S.

In what may be the most startling fossil find in decades, scientists in central Africa say they have unearthed the oldest trace of a pre-human ancestor -- a remarkably intact skull of a previously ...

A primate skull and dead bats are among the "unique threats" that have been found in the past few months at Washington Dulles International Airport. One of the tasks of U.S. Customs and Border ...

A "large primate skull" was allegedly found in British Columbia by American YouTuber Coyote Peterson, according to social media posts he shared on Thursday (July 7). However, experts told Live ...

The 13-million-year-old infant skull, which its discoverers nicknamed "Alesi," was unearthed in Kenya in 2014. It likely belonged to a fruit-eating, slow-climbing primate that resembled a baby ...

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Primate skull study sheds light on why wisdom teeth grow so late in humans. Scientists develop model to explain coordination between facial growth and mechanics of chewing muscles.