Medically reviewed by Isabel Casimiro, MD, PhD Fact checked by Jillian Dara The lumbar spine includes the five vertebrae in ...

The story of the evolution of the cranio-vertebral joint has been pieced together from evidence from embryology, paleontology and comparative anatomy. Several ancestral vertebrae were incorporated ...

Skeletal muscles move the bones in the body ... which is protected by bones called vertebrae. Then there's the rib cage and sternum, which protect the heart and lungs. Besides protecting our ...

Egypt's Wadi Al-Hitan — or "Valley of the Whales" — is famous for its abundance of fossils from the Eocene epoch.

You recover a full skull with teeth, and most of the bones of the body, missing a few smaller vertebrae and toes. What can you find out about the person ... Adult teeth are worn down by chewing, and ...