A new study in Nature led by scientists at New York University reports that fossil bones as old as 3 million years still ...

Ancient bones discovered in a cave in Casablanca, Morocco, could fill in some of the blanks about human evolution. The cave, ...

Human skeletons are often described in neat textbook numbers, but real bodies are far messier and more interesting. Extra ...

Scientists may have cracked the case of whether a seven-million-year-old fossil could walk upright. A new study found strong ...

It was thought that disabled people were looked down upon in the Middle Ages, but a new discovery disputes that belief. Human bones discovered by archaeologists offer a window into the lives of Middle ...

The From Labs to Lives Blog connects everyday topics with UC Davis research. Each post is reviewed by our experts, ensuring you always get useful information you can trust. Because we can’t see them, ...

Some adults do indeed have more than 206 bones. These extras, known as accessory bones or supernumerary bones, may occur when ...