In vertebrates, the skeleton of different regions of the body arises from different precursor cells. Researchers at the ...

Discovered in Portugal in 1998, the individual dubbed the “Lapedo Child” has long perplexed scientists, thanks to a curious mix of features ...

In 1805, Jacob Fidelis Ackermann, the first chairholder of anatomy at the University of Heidelberg, bought the two skeletons that he believed belonged to Schinderhannes and Schwarzer Jonas.

but skeletal muscles can only exert force by pulling, they cannot push, so moving a joint back and forth requires an antagonistic pair, which is just a fancy way of saying two muscles that pull in ...

the skeleton was from between 27,700 and 28,600 years ago. “Being able to successfully date the child felt like giving them back a tiny piece of their story, which is a huge privilege,” said ...