Shapes of beaks and snouts come in an extraordinary range of forms, reflecting adaptations to different lifestyles and ...

In a recent study published in the journal Communications Biology, researchers explore novel genetic loci linked to facial morphology using genome-wide association studies (GWAS). Study: Automatic ...

But new research suggests something more fundamental may also be at play: the shape of the human skull itself. The rest of ...

Since the early 20th century, people’s skulls have got rounder and their jaws have got wider, probably because of changes in ...

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and KU Leuven have discovered a suite of genes that influence head shape in humans. These findings, published this week in Nature Communications, help ...