That first dig was significant — the skeleton bones included rear limbs, making it the first evidence of a land-based snake species with hind legs following earlier evidence of ...

It’s almost impossible to picture a world where giant saber-toothed cats once prowled the earth. But that world was real, and ...

Hadar Skull: teeth With much of their original enamel worn off, these teeth likely belonged to an older person. Very heavy wear on the front teeth may be the result of stripping vegetation from ...

In 1931, the Skhūl I fossil was uncovered at Mugharat es-Skhūl (the Cave of the Children), also known as Skhūl Cave, Israel. It forms part of the oldest intentional human burials ever discovered, ...

The muscles and bones associated with locomotion account for two-thirds of an ape’s body mass. Much of the study of evolution has focused on the skeleton—skull, teeth, and limb bones—which adds up to ...

Image from the paper of the "Aureia rerehua" dorsal skull. This new species may have captured its prey in a strange way. Shane Meekin "Specimen OU22553 [the fossil] includes a skull, teeth, ear ...

Ancient saber-toothed cats could crush a skull with their teeth. By Mike Wehner. Published Jun 3rd, 2019 11:07PM EDT. Image: Nicolas R. Chimento, et al. / ScienceDirect.

The skull of the bear, which inspired children’s books “Winnie-the-Pooh,” has gone on public display for the first time – and it seems the animal’s legendary sweet tooth left its mark.

Vegetarian dinosaur may have actually eaten meat, skull suggests. Steak knife-like teeth in the most complete Pachycephalosaurus jaw ever found look suspiciously like those of a carnivore.

Two sisters were on a kayaking trip on the Arkansas River in south-central Kansas when they discovered a massive skull with two ferocious teeth. Experts were able to identify the terrifying piece ...