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 ...

Research led by Vladimír Sládek sheds new light on how bones age, questioning long-standing assumptions that sedentary ...

"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 ...

Antitumor activity of pemetrexed (Pem) in second-line advanced/metastatic osteosarcomas: A multicenter phase II study. Background: Patients treated with limb salvage surgery for bone sarcomas of the ...

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 ...

This image shows the upper and lower limb bones of those adults found in Sima de los Huesos, Atapuerca, Spain. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases ...

Upper limb stresses are well recognised in tennis, and the normal physiological responses of the humerus to externally applied forces are well defined. Changes to both the microscopic and macroscopic ...

ALBUQUERQUE — Two fossil hobbits have given what’s left of their arms and legs to science. That wasn’t enough, though, to quell debate over hobbits’ evolutionary status at the annual meeting of the ...

Since the discovery of the fossil dubbed Lucy 42 years ago this month, paleontologists have debated whether the 3 million-year-old human ancestor spent all of her time walking on the ground or instead ...