A characteristic feature of modern humans is the unusually round skull and brain, in contrast to the elongated shape seen in other human species. By studying Neandertal DNA fragments found in the ...

One of those traits is the unusual shape of our crania (skulls). Modern humans’ crania are globular-shaped, rather than elongated. This shape didn’t appear immediately in our species ...

Shortly before the Incas’ arrival, prominent Collaguas embraced an elongated style as their preferred head shape, Velasco says. No skeletal evidence has been found to determine whether low ...