Craniosynostosis is a condition where the sutures of the skull close too soon. This can lead to unusual skull shaping as the baby’s brain grows and pushes against the bones of the skull.

Medically reviewed by Smita Patel, DO It can be tricky to pinpoint the cause of pain at the base of your skull, the area ...

One major cause is dehydration. The human skull is made up from several bones that are connected by tough fibrous tissue called sutures. These sutures give the skull some flexibility, ...

Feb. 1, 2023 — The CT-scanned skull of a 319-million-year-old fossilized fish, pulled from a coal mine in England more than a century ago, has revealed the oldest example of a well-preserved ...

The reasonably complete skull, jaw and teeth became known as Toumaï, meaning “hope of life” in the local Goran language, and it was described as a new species in 2002.