But at first glance, having a single bone on each side of the head -- which creates a stiff lower jaw, or mandible -- doesn't appear to give mammals an advantage over other vertebrates, which have ...

Bite force, according to a study published in Frontiers, is the force that the muscles and bones of the upper and lower jaw generate when an animal bites. Animals with strong bite forces usually ...

The stranger approached the public counter at the San Bernardino Police Department carrying “what appeared to be deceased animal remains and a lower jaw that resembled a human,” the department ...

A fossilized jaw bone has pushed the evolutionary timeline of mammals by a jaw-dropping 17 million years, say scientists. The animal classification that would eventually spawn the human race was ...

What paleontologists long believed were long spines on the aptly named Alienacanthus turn out to be an extended lower jaw. By Jack Tamisiea Some 375 million years ago, armored fishes ruled a ...

Baleen whales are the titans of the ocean, the largest animals to have ever lived. The record holder is the blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus), which can reach lengths of up to 30 meters.That’s ...

This tiny bit of bone was found lying amidst Oldowan stone artifacts, well beneath a layer of Acheulean handaxes, cleavers, and other cutting tools dating back around 1.95 million years ago.