About 6,200 years ago, in a village on the northern rim of the Persian Gulf, a young woman died after being struck on the head. She was probably younger than 20.

Science News Today reports that archaeologists excavating a Copper Age cemetery in western Iran recently noticed the unusual skull of a young woman among the burials. Her elongated and cone-shaped ...

A new study from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology has uncovered how the MN1 gene evolved to shape both the ...

But in a finding that has left even Mars-mad scientists raising their eyebrows (and cameras), NASA’s Perseverance rover has stumbled upon what looks uncannily like a skull-shaped rock on the Red ...

Nasa's Perseverance rover discovered a skull-shaped rock, dubbed "Skull Hill," in Mars' Jezero Crater, standing out against the lighter terrain. Chemical analysis ruled out meteorite composition ...

The mysterious rock – dubbed “Skull Hill” was discovered April 11 by the Perseverance rover while it was driving down a ridge called Witch Hazel Hill. The hill is part of the Jezero Crater ...

This image is from NASAs Mars Perseverance rover, taken by the Mastcam-Z. NASA's Mars rover has pictured a mysterious, skull-shaped rock on the Red Planet whose origin remains uncertain.

NASA’s Mars rover has spotted something out of this world — a mysterious, skull-shaped elevation – sitting on a slope where star-gazers say it doesn’t belong. The mysterious rock – dubbe ...

Research explains how foxes hunting mice can plunge down into the snow at high speeds without injuring their poor little snouts. How a fox skull shape conquers the snow Winter is the perfect time ...

All of this fascinated other scientists who study skull shape. Another group did some more tests of fox skulls, adding a rotating motion to the plunge. "Further experiments allowing the ...