Our ancestors were making tools out of bones 1.5 million years ago, winding back the clock for this important moment in human evolution by more than a million years, a study said Wednesday. Ancient ...

Human babies arrive with nearly 100 extra bones for the same reason birth is the most dangerous event in mammalian life, and both facts trace back to the same evolutionary gamble. You were born with ...

The oldest collection of mass-produced prehistoric bone tools reveal that human ancestors were likely capable of more advanced abstract reasoning one million years earlier than thought, finds a new ...

Microplastics have been detected in human blood, brain tissue, and even bones, where they may weaken skeletal structure and accelerate cell aging. Recent studies suggest that these particles could ...

The Bone Museum is the largest collection of real human bones on display on the East Coast. Its mission is to make osteology, the study of bones, accessible to the public. The museum is located at 255 ...