Animation of a theropod dinosaur skull, showing muscle forces. Credit: Alec Wilken, Casey Holiday Modern birds, as well as other animals like snakes and fishes, have skulls with jaws and palates ...

And yet, its humerus (an arm bone) is quite human-like. Characteristics of ... running from front to back on the top of the skull) from which muscles running to the jaw were attached.

Responding officers confirmed the bones appeared to be human remains, Roxeanne Vainuku, the department's deputy director of communication, tells PEOPLE. She adds that the medical examiner's office was ...

Gurche then overlaid muscle on to the face by following markings on the skull left behind from chewing, revealing the first true look at an 'unknown human.' The species, named 'Denisovans' after a ...

Using the data from these images, they then built 3D models to calculate the mechanics of the skulls and jaws in action -- muscle sizes and placements, their movements, and the physics involved in ...