Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin recently received support from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to ...

How is skeletal evolution studied? Morphological alterations that contribute to human skeletal structure have been extensively studied in paleoanthropology. Aside from standing height, it has been ...

Despite the vast numbers of animal species already identified, the natural world is still capable of springing a few surprises. Deep in the cloud forests of the Serra do Quiriri mountain range in the ...

In the blink of an eye, the human visual system can process an object, determining whether it's a cup or a sock within milliseconds, and with seemingly little effort. It's well-established that an ...

Human skeletal stem cells that become bone, cartilage, or stroma cells have been isolated from fetal and adult bones. This is the first time that skeletal stem cells, which had been observed in rodent ...

Two fossilized dinosaurs dating back over 130 million years, one with a nearly 100 percent complete skeletal structure and fossilized skin, were unveiled by Chinese paleontologists during a fossil ...