BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Time changes modern human's face: "Time changes modern human's face
By Rebecca Morelle
BBC News science reporter
A plague victim's skull (Birmingham Univeristy, courtesy of the Museum of London)
Our ancestors had more prominent features but lower foreheads
Researchers have found that the shape of the human skull has changed significantly over the past 650 years.
Modern people possess less prominent features but higher foreheads than our medieval ancestors.
Writing in the British Dental Journal, the team took careful measurements of groups of skulls spanning across 30 generations.
The scientists said the differences between past and present skull shapes were 'striking'."
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