Peter Dreher, “Untitled” (1947), graphite on paper, sheet: 10 x 9 1/2 inches (25.4 x 24.1 cm) frame: 13 1/4 x 13 3/4 inches (33.7 x 34.9 cm) (all images courtesy ...

Views of skulls from the region, identified on the verso as to tribal affiliation; most of the skulls were at the American Museum of Natural History. The Repatriation Office, Department of ...

Death hovers above my head. Scythe in one hand and scales in the other, he stares down at me. Skeletons greet me, bowing their heads and imploring me to pray. There are bones before me, bones behind ...

Skulls displayed in public 2,000 years ago were intended as a warning to enemies and a celebration of comrades, a new paper argues. By Franz Lidz Some 2,000 years ago, a macabre ritual was observed in ...

UCL scientists found that human skulls evolved much faster than those of other apes, reflecting the powerful forces driving our brain growth and facial flattening. By comparing 3D models of ape skulls ...