Analysis of the fossil suggests that the only two egg-laying mammals, platypuses and land-based echidnas, both descended from ...

Archaeologists recently unearthed a bone projectile point someone dropped on a cave floor between 70,000 and 80,000 years ago ...

Stout Research Center at Anza Borrego Desert State Park is believed to house fragments of the longest continuous record of ...

Ellen Pompeo officially has her star on the Hollywood walk of fame and her family was there in support. Get to know the ...

A shock study now suggests that a skeleton in Alexander the Great's family tomb once thought to be King Phillip II isn't the ...

Bone stress injuries, including stress fractures, can be debilitating to athletes but are also a problem for the U.S.

They include bones, ligaments, tendons, and cartilage. The knee, one of the body's largest and most complex joints, joins the thigh bone (femur) to the shin bone (tibia). The kneecap (patella ...

A wall made of human bones was just discovered underneath a cathedral in Belgium. Experts estimate that the macabre structure was built during the 17th or 18th century — with bones that were already ...

A study by Dr. Matthew S. Taylor, published in the Journal of Osteoarchaeology, reports on the reanalysis of modified human ...

In today's world, more people suffer from bone problems caused by injuries, infections, or birth defects. As the population ...

Over three years, the researchers measured bone density in several areas, including the spine, hip, and thigh bones. They wanted to see if the intervention could protect against bone loss ...

The vastus medialis is located in front of the thigh. The muscle originates at a ridge at the upper part of the femur (thigh bone) just below where the ball socket fits into the hip joint. From there, ...