Researchers reveal that Benjamina, a prehistoric girl with a skull deformity, is the oldest evidence of human social empathy.

A new study from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology has uncovered how the MN1 gene evolved to shape both the brain and skull during embryogenesis—a link with profound implications ...

Without MN1, brain segmentation is impaired, cranial nerves form abnormally, and bones in the skull develop incorrectly—mirroring defects seen in human syndromes like cleft palate, skull deformities ...

Can brachycephalic dogs communicate just as well as other dogs? A new study suggests they might—but the ethical concerns ...

Gen Z activist Zaha Indimuli witnessed death at a very personal level last year, and attending the burial of Beasly Kogi – ...

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

In 2010, scientists found the first evidence of another hominin subspecies, known as the Danisovans. Now, they’ve identified ...

Two new studies published in Science and Cell have shed light on a mysterious skull found in China, and in the process have ...

This week, a fossilized skull offers new clues about a mysterious prehistoric human species, astronomers unlock missing ...

A 146,000-year-old skull, nicknamed thedragon man, has long intrigued scientists. Discovered in the 1930s in Harbin, China, ...