Bones are a key part of your skeletal system. They’re lightweight structures that are incredibly strong. A normal adult has around 206 bones in their body. Your bones join together to make your ...

Scientists reveal microplastics in bones, showing hidden risks for skeletal strength, aging, and fracture vulnerability.

Humans have a distinctive skeleton, and are the only bipedal great apes (the great ape species are bonobos, chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, and humans). While the evolution of the human skeleton ...

How is skeletal evolution studied? Morphological alterations that contribute to human skeletal structure have been extensively studied in paleoanthropology. Aside from standing height, it has been ...

A genetic mutation commonly found in cancer patients may also affect how the human body develops in the womb, according to ...