Initially, these bones were identified as a human arm bone (humerus) and the head of a human femur, thought to belong to an individual who lived more than 20,000 years ago. Despite the initial ...

The research team first had a look at Lucy's bone structure during her U.S. museum tour in 2008, when the fossil was detoured briefly to the High-Resolution ... humeri (upper arm bones) and ...

"Lucy," an early human ancestor that lived ... a new study shows. High-resolution computed X-ray tomography (CT) scans of long bones in Lucy's arms reveal internal structures suggesting that ...

Long periods in space damage bone structure irreparably in some cases and can make parts of the human skeleton age ... A new generation of high-resolution peripheral quantitative computer ...

Once you’ve thoroughly blasted your mind with bone facts, check out our previous themed months: muscle and fat. From your femur to your stapes, your bones help you maintain your signature human ...

it is the smallest upper arm bone known from the hominin fossil record worldwide," said Professor Adam Brumm from Griffith University's Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution, a co-author ...

A farmer was left feeling unsettled when he discovered suspected human remains just outside a ... on the road I found an ulna [forearm], an arm bone and a collarbone. "I couldn't leave them ...

A human bone found in Devon with tool cuts thought to have been made during a ritual ceremony 9,000 years ago may be evidence of cannibalism. Torquay Museum staff identified the arm bone as they ...