Tag: skull
Neanderthals May Be “Same Species” As Us
Using coalescence analyses and molecular clock assessments, the researchers reconstructed a timeline of genetic events.
Hippos, Cheetahs, Bats: Mammals Master Physics
Whether sleek, lumbering, or aerobatic, mammals are well equipped with the know-how to push their movements to the limits of the possible.
Fossil Friday: The Supposed Oldest Cheetah Was Yet Another Fraud
Even before the publication, the Chinese scientists Deng Tao and Qiu Zhanxiang had revealed the skull to be a crude forgery.
Fossil Friday: Sahelanthropus, to Be or Not to Be Bipedal
On the morning of July 19, 2001, French scientist Alain Beauvilain and three Chadian colleagues discovered a fossil cranium in the dunes of the Sahara Desert.
Günter Bechly: Goodbye to Darwinian Gradualism
Bechly touches on the oldest australopithecine fossil skull ever found, from 3.8 million years ago.