Scientists found the nearly complete skull of a new 30-million-year-old ... a team member spotted something remarkable —a set of large teeth sticking out of the ground,” paleontologist ...

Greg Morrison didn't hesitate to say yes when his doctor said they needed to replace part of his skull with a implant created by a 3D printer.

Believed to be roughly the same size as A. afarensis, A. robustus had a large, "robust" (heavier, thicker) skull, as well as a jaw and large teeth that were well adapted to chewing. Like some ...

A large portion of his skull, roughly the surface area of a hand, was falling apart and would have to be replaced. And the replacement bone implant would be produced by a 3D printer. Morrison ...