But Lucy and other fossil finds reveal that more than 3 million years ago, a relatively small-brained, ape-faced human ancestor ... entire upper body as she moved. Lucy: arm bones With dangling ...

A new atlas maps human skeletal development, revealing key insights into bone formation, genetic links to arthritis, and ...

The pelvic bones of males and females may also be distinctive; females often have a wider "pelvic inlet" (the bony part of the birth canal) that is adapted for giving birth. Body size is estimated ...

The human body comes in lots of different shapes and sizes but most are made up of the same parts which do the same job. We all have a skeleton. The bones in your skeleton help you stay standing ...

Full view of how bones and joints form in the first trimester ... that represent a milestone leap in our understanding of the human body. These highly complementary studies have shed light on ...