Some adults do indeed have more than 206 bones. These extras, known as accessory bones or supernumerary bones, may occur when ...

In today’s 3 Brilliant Minutes, Brad Spakowitz discusses some interesting facts about bones and one new fact: 10% to 30% of ...

If we look across the whole of the mammal branch of the tree of life, we find there are many groups of mammals that have evolved testicles of all different sizes. In almost all these separate cases, ...

Human skeletons are often described in neat textbook numbers, but real bodies are far messier and more interesting. Extra ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...

PENNSYLVANIA, USA — Joe asks the question, what is the strongest bone in the human body? Find out the answer in this edition of Wham Cam.

New study of 7-million-year-old fossils from Chad proves Sahelanthropus tchadensis walked upright while still climbing trees.

Human teeth and bones that are ground into calcium phosphate ash after undergoing alkaline hydrolysis, an alternative process to burial or cremation, are not added to food. The U.S. Food and Drug ...