In the 16th century, when the study of human anatomy was still in its infancy, curious onlookers would gather in anatomical theaters to catch of a glimpse of public dissections of the dead. In the ...

Ancient human relatives crafted sharp-edged tools out ... represent the oldest known evidence of systematic bone tool production by hominids, according to archaeologist Ignacio de la Torre of ...

With continued excavation at Swartkrans, researchers hope to uncover more of SWT1/HR-2’s skeleton, which could further ...

The discovery joins other finds — such as a 1.4-million-year-old bone axe from Ethiopia — that suggest the human ancestor Homo erectus often used bones as tools. Tool use is a storied ...

Prior research has shown that human astronauts experience ... They also noted that denser bone that formed the hip joint, above the femur, experienced very little bone loss, strongly suggesting ...

As the human line evolved, so did the sophistication of the tools we carved out of bone. For example, the first needles with eyes were made from bone in China and Siberia, only arriving in Europe ...