Metopic craniosynostosis is a rare condition in infants in which a certain part of the skull fuses earlier than it typically would. The condition can range from mild to severe and cause long-term ...

In this study we describe five unrelated individuals (four boys and a girl) with GLI3 mutation-proven GCPS and a typical pattern of pre- and post-axial polydactyly, all of whom had trigonocephaly ...

Have you ever seen a baby wearing headgear that looked like a helmet? They may be doing helmet therapy or cranial orthosis. Some babies who require helmet therapy have a condition called ...

The soft spot and metopic suture are clearly visible on the skull of the young human (right) and absent in the young chimpanzee (left). Those features are present, although harder to see, in the ...

Britain's Royal Mint released a slew of new coins on January 1, but the £2 one with a skull caught my attention -- not only because it's part of a set that honors William Shakespeare, but also because ...

One of the world's most important fossils has a story to tell about the brain evolution of modern humans and their ancestors, according to new research. The Taung fossil -- the first australopithecine ...