Researchers determined that a skull of a female child from Skhūl Cave in Israel shows both Homo sapiens and Neanderthal ...

Pictures of the woman's skeleton taken by archaeologist Łukasz Czyżewski. The iron sickle around her neck may have been placed there to prevent her rising from the dead.

While tobacco and alcohol are known to increase the risk of head and neck cancer, new research has found the amount of coffee and tea we drink can have a protective effect, reducing the risk of ...

HE was one of the most beleaguered characters in history and now these staggeringly rare images have given an insight into what he could have actually looked like.

A ligament that runs from the back of the skull and neck down to the thoracic vertebrae, and acts as a shock absorber and helps the arms and shoulders counterbalance the head during running.

Doctors have successfully reattached an Illinois woman's skull to her spine after a freak accident left her with a nearly fatal internal decapitation, according to a report.

Each chapter is logically laid out and provides clear detail of all aspects of head and neck anatomy. It is very gratifying that the autonomic nervous system has been detailed in its own chapter.

The gruesome specimen, now in a private collection, consists of a human head and shoulders with the top of the skull and brain removed. Rodent nibbles and insect larvae trails mar the face.

The neck epitomizes the dual nature of the human condition, the ways in which beauty and frailty are often entwined, two sides of the same coin in our biology, in our relationships – and, yes ...

The human head is heavy, weighing about 10 lbs. (4.5 kilograms), and tilting it forward to look at funny cat photos (or however you spend your smartphone time) can strain the neck — hence the ...