The study of human evolution and comparative anatomy bridges palaeontology, biomechanics and evolutionary biology to elucidate the origins of our unique anatomy. Recent analyses have shed new light on ...

The human body, often seen as a marvel of design, is instead a compilation of evolutionary compromises. Many anatomical features, from spine structure to dental development, reveal adaptations that ...

Our bodies are not perfectly designed, but are a living archive of evolution. Anatomy reveals a historical record of ...

Darin Croft, professor of anatomy, was appointed editor-in-chief of the Journal of Mammalian Evolution, a peer-reviewed international journal that publishes a wide variety of research spanning ...

Machine generated contents note: 11.1. Muscular splittings, fusions, paedomorphism, reversions and anatomical complexity -- 11.2. Myological characters and phylogenetic reconstructions -- 11.3.

Thin sections of 37 stenolamate species with soft parts within the skeletons unexpectedly reveal 10 variations in polypide anatomy and related methods of tentacle protrusion. Six of the variations ...

Dr. Scott Simpson has been active in paleoanthropological field and laboratory research in Ethiopia since 1992 as a member of the Middle Awash Research Project, the Gona Research Project, and he is ...