Modern humans can be recognized by their smaller facial structure when compared with Neanderthals and other hominin ancestors ...

A group of scientists have discovered the jaw bone of an ancient human species that lived about 1.4 million years ago. The discovery was made in Spain.

Bone fragments from a cave in northern Spain suggest there were multiple hominin species living in western Europe around a million years ago ...

and the vomer (a plough-shaped bone that, among other things, forms the septum in reptiles). "This implies that the mammalian upper jaw underwent a major structural reorganization, setting it ...

Snapping turtle - Otic notch at back of skull allows anterior expansion of jaw muscles. ‘Modified anapsid’ condition increases power of bite. Holes arose in dermal roof, muscles pass through roof to ...

Caption A walrus rostrum (upper jaw bone) with tusks used in the study. It can be dated to c.1200-1400 CE based on the characteristics of a runic inscription in Old Norse. It is from the ...

The findings challenge conventional views on upper jaw evolution. Traditionally, it was believed that mammalian jaw bones were directly inherited from reptiles. However, the results strongly ...

Face bones unearthed in a cave suggest that members of our genus, Homo, reached northern Spain as early as 1.4 million years ago.

A fossil of a partial face from a human ancestor is the oldest in western Europe, archaeologists reported Wednesday. The incomplete skull — a section of the left cheek bone and upper jaw – was found ...

In the Chondrichthyes, the skull consists of chondrocranium and upper jaw. In the Osteichthyes through mammals, the skull is a fused unit in which the braincase is added to and welded together by a ...