Humans evolved larger brains and flatter faces much faster than other apes, suggesting that intelligence shaped our skulls.

UCL scientists found that human skulls evolved much faster than those of other apes, reflecting the powerful forces driving ...

When scientists found the skull, named Yunxian 2, they assumed it belonged to an earlier ancestor of ours, Homo erectus, the ...

PHILADELPHIA ‒ For years, the Mütter Museum leaned into its appeal as a repository of medical curiosities: dozens of human skulls, fetal specimens and skeletons of people with varying pathologies, for ...

Humans evolved their unique skull shape—large brains and flat faces—at a much faster rate than any other ape species, ...