In fact, in an average adult human, the skull combines 22 bones. One of these bones is the mandible, more commonly known as the lower jaw. Recognized as one of the most prominent bones in the ...

"If Banyoles is really a member of our species, this prehistoric human would represent the earliest H. sapiens ever documented in Europe," said Keeling. Whichever species this mandible belongs to ...

ATEN-POUND bite requires a forty-pound contraction of the human jaw muscles. That is because the jaws are built on the principle of a pair of tongs, The power is applied near the joint ...

A fossilized mandible discovered in Taiwan has been identified as belonging to a Denisovan, an enigmatic group of ancient human relatives. This groundbreaking find sheds light on the Denisovans ...