Skull fracture: Any break in the skull bones is considered a skull fracture. Skull fractures are usually the result of an accident or injury. They can vary in terms of how serious they are.

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

Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Palestine – With a heavy heart, keen eyes and trembling hands, Abu Muhammed Ghaith meticulously searched through the thick nylon bags used as makeshift shrouds for those ...

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

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.

This dinosaur’s skull was light as air but its mouth was packed with power—and a unique ability to quickly grow teeth. Here’s ...

The Harbin skull (left) and the Dali skull (right).

Adding to the pain were the stark labels written on the shrouds: “Skull without a lower jaw”, “Bone fragments”, “Rib cage”, or “Upper and lower limbs”.

Researchers want to know how the T-Rex could crush bones without busting its own skull. By Mike Wehner. Published Sep 25th, ... but also the various tissues that held the jaw and skull in place.

Ancient proteins and DNA may peg a 146,000-year-old Chinese skull as the most complete fossil to date from Denisovans, a puzzling line of Asian hominids.

Scientists have recovered genetic material from a skull found in northeastern China, which they say reveals the most complete ...