Humans have practiced head shaping for tens of thousands of years, and anthropologists are beginning to uncover clues as to ...

ITHACA, N.Y. — Dogs and cats might seem worlds apart, but scientists have discovered that our beloved pets have independently evolved nearly identical skull shapes despite being separated by 50 ...

In a new study published in the online-open access journal PLoS ONE, Per Christiansen at the Zoological Museum in Copenhagen, Denmark, reports the finding that the evolution of skull and mandible ...

Thanks to human breeders, dogs exhibit an impressive variety of skull shapes. Studying the genes that determine these shapes could provide insight into human skull development and craniofacial ...

A gharial has the same skull shape as some extinct crocodiles. This skull shape has likely evolved three different times during the history of crocodiles. DeAgostini / Getty Images Crocodiles look ...