Bite marks found on a skeleton discovered in a Roman cemetery in York have revealed the first archaeological evidence of gladiatorial combat between a human and a lion.

An interdisciplinary study led by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) reveals that women living in the region of ...

When a medical examiner needs help identifying a deceased person and determining how that person died, they turn to forensic anthropologists.

The human skeletal system evolved to support a specific weight range, with joints designed to absorb and distribute forces from daily movement. When body weight exceeds these natural parameters ...

The skeletal system comprises 206 bones and has two main parts: the axial skeleton and the appendicular skeleton. The skeletal system includes your bones, ligaments that attach bone to bone, and ...

Some graves contained jewelry made from shell and sea snail shells, indicating residents had developed beliefs and ...

Stress can drain the joy from your day, but does it serve any purpose in your life? Use WebMD's quiz to test your knowledge of the “stress response.” Insomnia. Headaches. Stress affects your ...

His Osteographia, a study of the human skeletal system, was one of the most comprehensive studies of its kind at that date. In the preface, Cheselden described Schijnvoet and van der Gucht as ...