It goes without saying that we all have exclusive rights in our own bodies, but it's unclear if these entitlements amount to ownership in the same way that one can own “things” or something ...

Though humans have mostly lost our flexible, prehensile feet as we’ve become bipedal, opposable toes actually show up earlier in the fossil record than opposable thumbs, says Borths.

Have you ever taken the time to imagine all the things that have to happen to rub your nose, or move from a lying down to a sitting position? Or ...

As humans, we typically have 206 bones in our bodies (babies have almost 100 more, btw) – sharks, on the other hand, have between 200 and 400 cartilaginous structures.

Bone conduction, however–or how we hear our own voice in real time–bypasses the middle ear altogether. It occurs when sound vibrations are transferred to the cochlea through the skull bones.