Uncover 25 ancient human discoveries that challenge our understanding of early man. See how new fossils and DNA finds are ...

Wild monkeys in West Africa can climb vertical tree trunks using foot flexibility scientists did not realize they possessed.

Discover 25 hidden secrets of the 'Hobbit' species' human-like walk. Uncover surprising anatomical facts and evolutionary ...

Ancient footprints in Kenya reveal that eight Paranthropus boisei may have traveled together 1.4 million years ago, with some ...

Neanderthals had more robust heel bones than we do, and while genetics probably accounted for much of this difference, modern ...

Researchers observed and confirmed with measurements that wild sooty mangabey monkeys in an Ivory Coast forest display foot bone flexibility that facilitates vertical climbing up skinny tree trunks to ...

Denisovans have been difficult to trace in the fossil record. Scientists first identified the group in 2010 using DNA from a ...

Take a walk in London's Trafalgar Square this summer, and people of all body sizes—some tall, some short—will be wilting in the heat: a real mix of sizes.

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The human little toe is shrinking, but not the way most people assume. A biologist explains relaxed selection, fused toe bones and why shoes aren't to blame.

New research suggests that no matter what we eventually determine the last common ancestor of humans and chimpanzees to be, we'll learn it was a primate that climbed trees. Humans and chimpanzees ...

Teeth are not bones; they are harder and made for chewing. Teeth are part of the digestive system, not the skeletal system. Enamel is the hardest substance in the human body and protects teeth. Teeth ...