Our faces don’t just distinguish us from other people, but other species as well. Neanderthals bore stout jaws and broad noses, their features jutting forward like cliffs of bone. Chimpanzees, our ...

A newly reconstructed fossil face from Ethiopia reveals surprising complexity in early human evolution. By digitally fitting together teeth and fossilized bone fragments, researchers reconstructed a ...

Archeologists have been aware of the carved faces for years, but the low water levels have unearthed previously unseen specimens. The carvings appear to have been created by indigenous people before ...

A research team used 125 physical markers to understand the detailed mechanics of 44 different human facial motions. The aim was to better understand how to convey emotions with artificial faces.

Modern human faces are surprisingly delicate compared with the jutting jaws and broad noses of our closest extinct cousins. The contrast is not just cosmetic, it reflects deep differences in growth, ...

The human mind is one of the most magnificent creations ever made. It performs magical feats and is a complex "machine" that scientists and psychologists are constantly trying to figure out. When it ...

White faces generated by artificial intelligence (AI) now appear more real than human faces, according to new research. In the study, more people thought AI-generated white faces were human than the ...

The same is true of primates. However, research on how other animals differentiate between faces and the emotional cues they provide is scarce. Now, researchers from the University of Vienna have ...

A mountain rock in the shape of a human face. Atlas Mountains, Morocco. Similar to Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story, "The Great Stone Face." Source: Gusman/Bridgeman Images, used with permission "One ...

Cambridge University researchers have trained eight sheep to recognize faces. LONDON -- Researchers at Cambridge University have trained eight female Welsh mountain sheep to recognize four celebrities ...