New discoveries shed light on an ancient human species and its evolutionary links to modern humans. Stephen Chester, ...

Researchers formally describe Helmetia expansa, offering new insights into its anatomy, behavior and evolutionary relationships.

According to a recent study at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, the impacts of everyday physical activity do not attenuate the accelerated hormonal bone loss that occurs during menopause.

Forest in China. Image in public domain. China is a big and rugged country, and figuring out how many trees it has is a gargantuan task. But a team led by Kai Cheng from Peking University took it ...

The study - titled Daily life in a New Kingdom fortress town in Nubia: A reexamination of physical activity at Tombos and published ... with limited indicators of physiological stress present on ...

The human remains were found partially skeletonized, or reduced to a skeleton, and are believed ... where they will continue to be examined by an anthropology team. Officials have not identified ...

Virginia Tech’s Pamela VandeVord and Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Gunnar Brolinson recently received a $2.17 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to ...

Anthropology is the study of being human both culturally and biologically — both in the past and present. Anthropology at USD teaches students about complex cultural and biological diversity of humans ...

Ears can vary, so what's considered normal anatomy of the inner or outer ear in one person may be different for another. For example, 19% to 54% of people have an attached earlobe, which is a genetic ...

Department of Anatomy researcher Professor Siân Halcrow is collaborating with two biological anthropology colleagues from the United States to review the use of human skeletal remains for ...

The LEGO Dinosaur Fossils: Tyrannosaurus Rex set contains 3,145 pieces, spread across 25 bags with 743 steps to complete the detailed skeleton that measures a whopping 105cm long and 35cm high.