Humans have a distinctive skeleton, and are the only bipedal great apes (the great ape species are bonobos, chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, and humans). While the evolution of the human skeleton ...

The Romans practiced crucifixion - literally, "fixed to a cross" - for nearly a millennium. It was a public, painful, and slow form of execution, and used as a way to deter future crimes and humiliate ...

Skeletal remains discovered by hikers in 1981 near Ojai have now been identified as Vietnam veteran Thomas Aquinas Cooney ...

Cropped shot of a female doctor showing result of radiography on digital tablet to patient and giving diagnosis. Doctor talking to patient about medical treatment after surgery. This story is part of ...

Researchers in the Biodesign Center for Health Through Microbiomes are exploring ways the microbiome can interact with health ...

( KTLA) – Partial skeletal remains discovered on a California beach in 1984 have been identified as a 33-year-old man who, along with another man, died at sea in 1978, officials announced.

Two sets of human skeletal remains were located inside the car authorities pulled from the Pecatonica River earlier this week, Winnebago County Coroner Jennifer Muraski announced at a news conference ...

Individuals struggling to recover from chronic infections and cancer usually experience reduced immune strength and weight loss, including from muscle mass. Researchers from a newly published study ...