Regardless of age or sex, the skeletal system can be broken down into two parts, known as the axial skeleton and the appendicular skeleton. The adult axial skeleton consists of 80 bones.

and that Prokopi had collected other parts of the skeleton from multiple sources in at least three separate shipments imported to the U.S. between 2007 and 2009. Prokopi has not said where or from ...

In early August, a team of Portuguese and Spanish researchers exhumed parts of what they believe is a fossilized brachiosaurid sauropod skeleton in Monte Agudo, Pombal, in Portugal, according to a ...

The observed differences in neural spine orientation relate directly to differences in morphology, and are not accompanied by distortions in adjacent structures such as the ventral parts of the ...

“The anterior part of the skeleton had been long exposed and had suffered in consequence,” Parks later wrote, but the team was still able to collect part of the skull, some tooth ...

Despite their similar structure, however, not all bones are created equal: in vertebrates (including humans), the various parts of the skeleton arise from different groups of precursor cells ...

Woods Hole, which is headquartered in Falmouth, said other parts of the skeleton are embedded in the seafloor, but await excavation. Specialists believe the skeleton, which appears to be in ...

"It's a part we missed before. We knew that muscle and fat played a role in metabolism, but we didn't think of bone as a true metabolic organ. This puts the skeleton, specifically bone cells ...

An amateur fossil hunter made an jackpot discovery while sleuthing around the American Falls reservoir in Idaho: the remains of what seems to be a complete mammoth skeleton. Part of the skeleton ...