Over the weekend, Nature released a paper that takes a different tack towards sorting out the often complicated human family tree. Figuring ... the skull meets the spine, how much the jaw ...

This is particularly important, as a working notochord in human stem cells could help further research into how birth defects affect the spine or spinal cord. The researchers note that it could ...

Amid the nightspots and street art of Brooklyn’s trendy Bushwick ... “I was able to procure a human spine and a couple of skulls my daughter uses for studies,” said Block, calling the ...

(photo credit: Wikimedia Commons) Modern humans have been evolving and developing the ability to walk upright for over two million years, new research into a fossilized spine of an early human ...

sediba would have had a relatively straight spine ... in the trees – the team says that other features still indicate strong climbing adaptations. The creature walked like a human, but climbed ...