A major fossil discovery about our ancient ancestor has occurred in Kenya. Researchers have found hand and foot bones belonging to Paranthropus boisei — an extinct human relative who lived over 1.5 ...

A team of scientists has mapped the regions surrounding stem cells in planarians—small flatworms that are famous for being able to regrow whole bodies from small fragments—and discovered something ...

G.N. Ramachandran’s triple-helix collagen model: Understanding the body's scaffolding Collagen is one of the most important proteins in the human body, providing structure and support to skin, bones .

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

The human skeleton — our internal framework that includes bones and cartilage — evolved over millions of years. It comprises an axial skeleton, which consists of the skull and the spine, as well as an ...

Indigenous Australians may have been early "paleontologists," not big-game hunters, according to a new analysis ...

“When it comes to bone health, we know that magnesium is the nutrient that helps make vitamin D active, so that it can help strengthen bone structure,” says Rancourt. Magnesium also supports nerve and ...

Archaeologists uncover how early humans in Italy butchered elephants and forged survival from their bones 400,000 years ago.

The discovery of what appeared to be a human femur and pelvic bone might have unnerved the construction workers who unearthed them near Lake Worth Beach last week, but for Dr. Heather Walsh-Haney and ...

The body was discovered by members of the public who were out walking POLICE have launched a major investigation after a dead body was discovered near a rural village. Cops are at a remote location ...