Tag: skull

  • Nation & World

    Similar designs, 100 million years apart

    A study found that both Rusingoryx atopocranion, a relative of the wildebeest, and hadrosaur dinosaurs evolved large bony domes on their foreheads, which were likely used as resonating chambers to warn of predators and communicate with others.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Probing the sparrow’s beastly past

    A new study led by Harvard scientists shows that birds are, essentially, living dinosaurs, with skulls that are remarkably similar to those of their juvenile ancestors.

    5 minutes