For a long time, the skeleton was seen as an amorphous tissue of little biological interest. But such a view ignored the large number of genetic and degenerative diseases affecting this organ.

Iceman may have come to an unfortunate end while crossing the Alps more than 5,000 years ago, but thanks to his ...

The study of human skeletal biology has advanced markedly through the integration of high‐resolution imaging, geometric morphometrics and archaeological data. Detailed analysis of long bone ...

"Humans picked up some Neanderthal DNA through interbreeding, while the Neanderthal population, always fairly small, was ...

He was just seven-and-a-half when he died some 49,000 years ago, an otherwise healthy Neanderthal boy whose cause of death remains a mystery. An analysis of his well-preserved skeleton is ...

Africa: Newly Revealed 3.6 Million-Year-Old Skeleton of Young Girl Fuels Debate Over Where Humans Originated Published Dec 06, 2017 at 12:37 PM EST Updated Dec 06, 2017 at 1:49 PM EST ...

A German high school laid its biology classroom skeleton to rest this week. The skeleton, named "Anh Bien" — Vietnamese for "mysterious peace," was buried in a local cemetery.

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Click on the right arrow to see other skeletal structures, ... Biology in the background. Diatoms are microscopic single-celled algae that live in fresh water, salt water ... or roughly 35 times ...

The skeletons Hrdlička studied were categorized as either male or female, seemingly without exception. He was not the only one who thought sex fell into two distinct categories that did not overlap.

Human Biology. Immerse yourself in life science. Understand how life is organized and how humans connect to their environment in a science-based major with anatomy, physiology, genetics, nutrition, ...