An analysis of two theropod dinosaur fossils has shown that they had a type of carpal bone (pisiform) in their wrists—a bone considered important to flight in birds.

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In a discovery that could reshape approaches to regenerative medicine and bone repair, researchers have found that human stem ...

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Charla Nash was gruesomely attacked by a friend's chimp in 2009 and left with no face or hands. Now, thanks to a ...

This dinosaur’s skull was light as air but its mouth was packed with power—and a unique ability to quickly grow teeth. Here’s ...

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He has worked with thousands of human remains over the past 20 years—modern, historic, pre-Colombian, prehistoric — and this skull struck him, from certain features, as more likely male.

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. — A Volusia County business owner was arrested Thursday for buying and selling human bones on Facebook Marketplace. Kymberlee Schopper, 52, is facing charges of trading in ...

Anatomy The malleus or hammer is one of the three bones, also known as ossicles, in the middle ear The other two are the incus (“anvil”), and stapes (“stirrup”). The ossicles are part of the auditory ...