The 3.2-million-year-old fossil, discovered 50 years ago, is considered to be one of the most significant early hominin ...

According to NBC Washington, a Calvert County fossil hunter found a coffin and human skeleton appearing to be at least 100 ...

Full view of how bones and joints form in the first trimester uncovers cells and pathways that could help diagnose and treat skeletal conditions in the future.

A Maryland man recently made a remarkable discovery in the Chesapeake Bay: An almost-whole human skeleton that appears to be ...

Officers revealed on Friday that the remains of a woman were located on a slope near a basketball court in Ap Lei Chau Park in Aberdeen. The remains were found after the force received a report at 3pm ...

Type 2 diabetes (T2D) and obesity (OB) are associated with chronic low-grade inflammation and increased fracture risk. In vitro studies showed that inflammation induces bone erosion and inhibits bone ...

Paleontologists unearthed the iconic fossil in 1974. Today, her legacy remains just as much cultural as it is scientific.

Sound has the incredible ability to instill a certain kind of emotion into whoever hears it. The soulful call of a loon feels ...

She was, for a while, the oldest known member of the human family. Fifty years after the discovery of Lucy in Ethiopia, the remarkable remains continue to yield theories and questions. In a ...

Arizona State Professor Donald Johanson discovered the Lucy fossil skeleton—dated at over 3 million years old—in Ethiopia 50 ...

Although chances of death on their mission are relatively low, the effects of their long term stay in space will likely have ...

Paleoanthropologists have learned a lot about Lucy, the world’s most famous hominin fossil, since she was discovered in 1974.