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An experiment at the ESRF reveals the brain shape of an early human ancestor.

The scientists who discovered Saadanius explain why the fossil skull is one of the most significant finds in decades, illuminating a critical moment in evolution when ancient primates split into Old World monkeys and great apes.

Potential new species Homo gautengensis walked upright, looked somewhat apelike, swung from trees, and played with fire.

The American Museum of Natural History has put out an app that lets you peruse dinosaur images and information, almost as if you were at the museum itself.

Researchers from Germany and the UK have rediscovered a fossil skull in the collections of the Natural History Museum London, thus unlocking the mystery behind the evolutionary history of the dinosaurs belonging to the Tyrannosauridae family.

Venom from the bird-like dinosaur's fangs may have sent victims into shock, hampering their chances of escaping.

Video on paleontologist by "They might be giants"

When her miniature skull and tiny skeleton were revealed publicly for the first time in 2004, scientists expressed their amazement that such a small species of human could have existed on the island of Flores in Indonesia.

The wrinkle-faced bat's strangely shaped skull gives it a powerful bite and an advantage over other bats but is a "gentle" fruit-eating bat, according to research.