The skull known as “Little Foot” was thought to belong to the species Austrolopithecus prometheus for decades, but it could be something else. The morphological features of Little Foot did not align ...

These 3D-printed skulls are made with PLA (Polylactic acid) filament. Shawn Sanchez and Dan Smith. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs ...

Fifteen years ago, Jinan Behnan, PhD, was a graduate student at Lund University in Lund, Sweden, performing a routine dissection that would stay with her for more than a decade. Jinan Behnan, PhD ...

A former funeral home employee has been arrested for reportedly stealing the skull of a woman who passed away in 2001 before she was cremated. Benjamin Hanson, 57, was arrested Wednesday in connection ...

The skull contains bones that researchers have never seen before. A rare dinosaur skull will soon go on display at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, but the fossil will not be on ...

Artificial cranial deformation is a uniquely human practice that dates back thousands of years, and has been practiced—at one time or another—in nearly every corner of the world. Typically, head ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) is getting a prehistoric holiday gift. Philanthropists Eric and Wendy Schmidt have donated a nearly complete Pachycephalosaurus skull to the ...

The recently acquired skull of the dome-headed dinosaur Pachycephalosaurus. USNM PAL 803273, Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution. Gift of Eric and Wendy Schmidt. Photo by James D.

A human skull was found in Coney Island, police say. The gruesome discovery was made Tuesday afternoon. Police said they got a 911 call at around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday from a man who had been walking on ...

Mention Stephen King’s It to anyone, and they’ll immediately think of the malevolent Pennywise the Dancing Clown. Some might think of Tim Curry from the ‘90s TV version, others the version from the ...

The discovery of a peculiarly shaped skull by archaeologists has illuminated a previously unknown ritual deformation process. Archaeologists found a square-shaped skull indicating unique cranial ...

Construction workers at a Boston pier found what appeared to be a human skull encased in concrete last week — prompting a flurry of speculation that the victim of a mob hit from the likes of Whitey ...