Paleoanthropologists have announced the world's most complete skeleton of Homo habilis, a human ancestor that lived more than ...

An international research team has unveiled a significant discovery in human paleontology: an exceptionally well-preserved ...

In the technical description, the authors emphasize that the skeleton includes clavicle and shoulder-blade fragments, both upper arms, both forearms, plus part of the sacrum and hip bones - rare ...

Extremity reconstruction surgery can be life-changing for people whose hands, arms or legs have been affected by cancer, an infection, a traumatic injury, congenital (birth) defect, or other ...

Learn about the most complete Homo habilis fossil ever found, and how this fossil is changing what we know about human ...

"Our analysis required well-preserved upper and lower limb bones from the same individual, something very rare in the fossil record." The research team first had a look at Lucy's bone structure during ...

Since the discovery of the fossil 42 years ago this month, paleontologists have debated whether the 3.2 million-year-old human ancestor, dubbed Lucy, spent all of her time walking on the ground or ...

Study design: Cross-sectional study comparing a group of active spinal cord injured (SCI) males carefully matched for age, height, and weight with active able-bodied male controls. Objectives: To ...