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FIRST ON 7: Apparent human skull unearthed in Boston’s Seaport

BOSTON (WHDH) - The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner removed what appears to be a human skull that was encased in concrete in Boston Friday morning. The skull was unearthed at a construction site ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Stunningly Well-Preserved Neanderthal Skull Suggests the Species’ Large Noses Weren’t Adapted for the Cold

The Altamura Man was discovered in a cave in southern Italy in 1993. K.A.R.S.T. PRIN Project Neanderthals had a distinctive appearance. Before they died out roughly 40,000 years ago, Homo sapiens’ ...
Popular Mechanics

Archaeologists Discovered a 2,300-Year-Old Tool That Cracked Open Skulls

Archaeologists discovered a 2,300-year-old trepanation tool—used to remove a section of bone from the skull—at an ancient commune in modern-day Poland. The ancient site was once inhabited by a group ...
New Scientist

Neanderthals' hefty noses weren’t well adapted to cold climates

The first analysis of a well-preserved nasal cavity in the human fossil record has revealed that the hefty Neanderthal nose wasn’t adapted to cold climates in the way many people thought it was.
Live Science

'Perfectly preserved' Neanderthal skull bones suggest their noses didn't evolve to warm air

A Neanderthal skull was discovered in a cave in Altamura, Italy, in 1993. (Image credit: Constantino Buzi/IPHES-CERCA) A digital analysis of the perfectly preserved nose bones on a bizarre-looking ...