A team of archaeologists and paleontologists from Argentina, the U.S. and China has unearthed the first known example of a ...

In the 1970s, archaeologists discovered a strange grave in western Belgium, dating back to 100 CE or so. Unlike the 76 other graves, it actually had a skeleton inside it. But 50 years la ...

Their analyses revealed the green Sahara individuals likely branched off from the ancestors of sub-Saharan Africans roughly ...

Archaeologists recovered fragments of armor, nails from Roman military boots, scale mail, and a rusted iron dagger. X-ray ...

A bone discovered in Taiwan turns out to have belonged to a Denisovan, a lineage previously identified only thousands of ...

Jessica Campbell is leading the reinvestigation of 192 sets of unidentified remains at the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s ...

Mar. 14, 2025 — Researchers have found that proteins and pathways involved in inflammation are associated with changes in bone mineral density (BMD) over time. The ... Robotics and Spinal ...

Coccyx (tailbone). Formed by the fusion of 4 originally separated coccygeal bones. Two of the more common pelvic problems are: Pelvic fractures. A pelvic fracture is a break in one or more of the ...

It is the only bone in the upper arm, and it is also the largest bone in the upper extremity. The meeting of these bones allows for the wide range of motion that is possible at the shoulder joint, ...

Discectomy-induced ferroptosis of nucleus pulposus cells (NPCs) contributes to postoperative intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD). Here, Wang et al. report a therapeutic strategy employing ECM ...

"As cremation burials were common in the European parts of the Roman Empire around 100 AD, body burials were an absolute exception, " she explained. "Finds of Roman skeletons from this period are ...