In this 4.4-million-year-old skeleton, scientists may have found the missing step between climbing and walking.

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A 45,000-year-old Neanderthal bone found in Crimea shows ancient humans traveled thousands of miles, linking Europe and ...

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Now, groundbreaking research published in the Journal of Cultural Heritage has finally unraveled the chemical mystery behind this extraordinary preservation phenomenon. The teenage boy's remains, ...

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"Once damaged, these hairs never grow back. You have around 3,500, and that is all you'll have throughout your entire life...

Physical therapists are trained to believe in the body’s ability to heal through movement. But what happens when your own body falters, when pain and fatigue creep in, and the familiar strategies ...

Humans evolved larger brains and flatter faces much faster than other apes, suggesting that intelligence shaped our skulls.

A collaboration between civil engineering and neurosurgery at the University of Pittsburgh could change how spinal fusion ...

This is something that gradually dawned on me this Halloween season, as skeletons began to populate the stoops around my ...

Say, for instance, a whale’s suspected cause of death is a boat strike. Researchers will look out for bruises and cuts during ...