Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have for the first time identified a chemical messenger that regulates bone development in the growing embryo. The finding is ...

In mammals, embryonic cranial development is modular and step-wise: The individual cranial bones form according to a defined, coordinated schedule. The typical increase in the size of the brain in ...

Researchers at EPFL have created the first 4D lipid atlas of vertebrate development, revealing how fats shape our bodies from ...

A new study delves into the development of the ilium, the largest bone in the pelvis, and the genes that underpin its ...

Like modern birds, baby dinosaurs likely flexed their muscles while still in their eggs to spur bone development.

H umans are the only primates that walk on two legs. Scientists believe that their uniquely shaped pelvis, the bones that ...

Mammals' noses come from reptiles' jaws: Evolutionary development of facial bones New examinations of skeletons and animal embryos have allowed researchers to discover how mammals developed ...

Genetic and anatomical data reveal how the human pelvis acquired its unique shape, enabling our ancestors to walk on two legs ...

LOS ANGELES — Recently discovered dinosaur embryos are giving scientists their best glimpse yet into how the ancient creatures developed. The 190 million-year-old fossils unearthed in China ...

They then compared human pelvic development with the process in mouse embryos and other primate species, including gibbons ...