Sometimes you have an idea, and despite it not being the “right” time of year you put a creepy skull whose eyes tell the time and whose jaw clacks on the hour into a nice wooden box for… ...

That changed in 2021, when the skull caught the eye of Mann, a postdoctoral fellow at the time, who was sifting through the Texas collection to see whether any notable specimens had been overlooked.

Researchers found a tiny skull with wide eyes and a cartoonish grin. It could help solve an evolutionary puzzle. Taylor Nicioli, CNN. Thu, March 21, 2024 at 5:08 PM UTC. 6 min read.