The newly discovered fossils revealed the rivers were teeming with fish, turtles, river sharks, hippos and other marine life, while terrestrial giants such as elephants, the elephant-like ... Its ...

Comparing Neanderthal and modern skulls, researchers from the University of York found that the brow ridge changed over time to make for more mobile eyebrows because they are fundamental to ...

Most early hominins had thick, bony brow ridges rather than the smooth brows of modern humans. For years, researchers have been arguing over why those thick ridges existed—and why modern humans ...

Then, the water teemed with marine life such as river sharks, hippos, fish, and turtles, while the land was occupied by elephants, water buffalo, and the Stegodon, an elephant-like animal.

Based on the angle of the pelvic bone and a defined brow ridge, they are confident the skeleton is male. Ben and Corinne begin by looking at the basics: the biological sex and age of 4926.

Like the antlers on a stag, a pronounced brow ridge was a permanent signal of dominance and aggression in our early ancestors, which modern humans traded in for a smooth forehead with more visible ...

“The brow ridge is one of the most distinctive features that mark out the difference between archaic and modern humans,” says Penny Spikins, an evolutionary anthropologist at the University of Yor ...

And this is filled by the brow ridges. And there have been other suggestions. Social expression has been suggested in the past, as have things like sun shades, keeping sweat out of your face ...

But the most obvious difference is that archaic humans possessed a pronounced and very distinctive brow ridge which contrasts with our own flat and vertical foreheads. And for scientists ...

First, they protect your eyes. The shape of the brow ridge and the outward-growing hairs of the brows themselves channel sweat, rain, and moisture away from the eyeballs, so your vision stays clear.

“Neanderthal skulls have huge brow ridges and lack chins, with a projecting midface that results in more prominent noses. But the recreated face suggests those differences were not so stark in ...

Highly mobile eyebrows that can be used to express a wide range of subtle emotions may have played a crucial role in human survival, new research suggests. Highly mobile eyebrows that can be used ...