Discovered in Portugal in 1998, the individual dubbed the “Lapedo Child” has long perplexed scientists, thanks to a curious ...

It is spread through sexual contact and can be passed on from mother to baby. The disease is thankfully ... can spot the tell-tale signs of this disease. Skeletons across the ages display degenerative ...

So where do those extra bones go? For a baby to be born, the whole skeleton has to be squashy, so many of the bones are joined with flexible cartilage. And after birth, those bones start fusing ...

The older the person at death, the more pitted and craggy these bones will be. Forensic anthropologists will compare this against a database of standard markers to learn the age of the skeleton.

Visitors to National Museum Cardiff will soon be treated to a new resident within the Main Hall as a three-metre tall and ...

The skeleton is a rigid framework of bones that forms the supporting structure of the musculoskeletal system, and also functions in movement, haematopoiesis and endocrine regulation. Skeletal ...

While full-grown adults have 206 bones, babies are born with far more. Here's how many, and what happens to them.

The older the person at death, the more pitted and craggy these bones will be. Forensic anthropologists will compare this against a database of standard markers to learn the age of the skeleton.