Learn more about menarche, a mark on an ancient femur bone, and how it can help us understand the reproductive beginnings of ancient women.

Identifying animal species used in osseous industry production is crucial for reconstructing human-animal interactions in ancient societies. However, bone artefact manufacture often involves intensive ...

Shark feeding habits are helping scientists identify marks on human bones found in the ocean. By analyzing shark scavenging behavior, the University of Florida's C.A. Pound Human Identification ...

Bone tissue homeostasis is maintained by a balance between bone formation by osteoblasts and bone resorption by osteoclasts. However, when osteoblast function declines with age, bone remodeling ...

Six living men who share Leonardo da Vinci’s paternal bloodline have provided DNA samples that could finally resolve a question lingering for more than five centuries: which bones in a family tomb in ...