An analysis of the origins of seven severed skulls with nails through them shows that some people treated this way in Iron Age Spain were local while others came from afar.

A newly-described fossil skull has given paleontologists their best look yet at a hyaenodont with a meat-cleaving bite. Found in the 30 million-year-old rock of Egypt’s Fayum Basin, the ...

This is shown in a study from the University of Gothenburg in which Viking skulls were examined using modern X-ray techniques. About a year ago saw the publication of research based on the examination ...

Viking life wasn’t just tough, it was often chronically painful. For proof, all you need to do is examine their skulls. That’s what researchers at Sweden’s University of Gothenburg did with ...

Scientists have discovered a nearly complete skull of a Hyaenodonta, a hypercarnivore that that lived during the Oligocene Epoch some 20 million years ago. Scientifically known as Bastetodon ...

"It remains an extraordinary story," said Mathew Lyons in Literary Review. On 18 May 1565, an Ottoman fleet of some 200 ships carrying more than 25,000 soldiers appeared off Malta, to be joined ...

Red Sol Resort in Dhërmi. Image Courtesy of Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura Goettsch Partners has just revealed the design for a new tower in Nashville, United States, which is set to ...

The nearly complete skull of an ancient predator has been discovered in Egypt’s Fayum Desert. This newly found carnivorous mammal, Bastetodon, is believed to have dominated the ecosystem in the ...

To avoid walking around with a patchy skull, keep battery life in mind when choosing an electric shaver. Consider how long you typically take to shave your entire head—and how often you tend to ...

This discovery, comprising a nearly complete skull, reveals that Bastetodon was a dominant predator 30 million years ago. The find offers insights into Africa’s prehistoric food chain and early ...

In a rare find, a team of scientists in Egypt uncovered a nearly complete skull that offers insight into a not-before-discovered apex predator species that lived 30 million years ago. Published on ...