Oct. 15 (UPI) --The evolution of the brain allowed humans to acquire a knack for language and tool production. The braincase, the portion of the skull that houses the brain, also changed shape, but ...

(CN) — Researchers now believe that closely related species of dinosaurs could exhibit greater variations in their brains and skulls than previously thought. The results of a new study were published ...

Learn how 125-million-year-old dinosaur fossils from Thailand, including a rare braincase, helped researchers uncover how ...

The braincase of crocodylians has a distinctive structure. Unlike evolutionary relatives (birds and squamates), in crocodylians, all braincase bones are rigidly fixed together and form an akinetic ...

The human brain is about three times the size of the brains of great apes. This has to do, among other things, with the evolution of novel brain structures that enabled complex behaviors such as ...

Two fossils found in Thailand are named as long-missing pieces of a "shark-toothed" dinosaur after being identified partly by ...