D modeling reveals that as bird brains grew larger, it led to changes in jaw muscles and joint mechanics—enabling the ...

By comparing modern human, Neanderthal, and chimpanzee skulls, researchers have uncovered a unique trait having to do with ...

The veteran naturalist investigates the discovery of a lifetime - the skull of a pliosaur, one of the most ferocious Jurassic ...

Scientists suggest that bigger brains in bird ancestors led to more flexible skulls, playing a key role in their evolution.

Modern birds are the living relatives of dinosaurs. Take a look at the features of flightless birds like chickens and ...

A new species of primitive reptile, named Marmoretta drescherae, was identified from fossils unearthed in Portugal dating ...

A study led by palaeontologist Alexandre Guillaume, from Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL) and Museu da Lourinhã, has identified a new species of primitive reptile, which lived in Portugal 150 million ...

Dinosaurs were once thought to look like modern lizards, covered in green scales. However, some dinosaur species were actually covered in feathers, just like birds today. We know this because some ...

Scientists have discovered several well-preserved fossils of Psittacosaurus, including over a dozen complete skeletons that include the reptile’s skull. Fossils with this level of completeness are ...

Scientists report that a fossil of a partial face from a early human ancestor in Spain is between 1.1 and 1.4 million years old.