In contrast, the skulls of wild boars, who remain omnivores, have not undergone such changes. The findings demonstrate how strongly humans can influence the evolution of animals. "Charles Darwin ...

These are skull casts from human evolution. Left to right: Australopithecus afarensis, Homo habilis, Homo ergaster, Homo erectus and Homo neanderthalensis. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!

Actually, Piltdown Man threw a wrench into the works of investigating human evolution. In 1925, Raymond Dart found the Taung skull, a fossil in South Africa that he believed was the earliest human ...

C. Pei found the first skull of Peking man in the cave of Choukoutien; but it is only now, after the discovery of the three new skulls in November last, which are described by Prof. Franz ...

Is Piltdown Man a "missing link"? Both critics and proponents of evolution eagerly await the discovery of a "missing link" between humans and other primates. The fossil skull called Piltdown Man ...