Scientists have determined that a giant skull from an ancient human relative named the "Dragon Man" is actually Denisovan.

In the summer of 2021, a team of five Chinese researchers stirred up some controversy by suggesting that an unusual skull ...

So Homo longi was a Denisovan all along, and thanks to the remarkably well-preserved skull, we finally know what the ...

Although estrogen levels shoot up during pregnancy, “there’s an increased calcium demand for the developing fetus,” says Jana M. Davis, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at the Penn State Bone and Joint ...

Bolg amondol was a raccoon-sized armored mostesaurian lizard that lived about 77 million years ago, similar to today’s Gila ...

A study from ETH Zurich shows that premature aging disrupts bone structure and osteocyte networks in an age- and ...

Also called "cortical bone," compact bone is the dense, hard outer layer. Cancellous: Also called "trabecular "or "spongy bone," cancellous is the inner layer that is less dense, lattice-like, and ...

the spongy bone in long bones that makes up most of the bone matrix”. Type R capillaries cannot be thought of as passive conduits for the blood to flow through: “Type R capillaries communicate with ...

Long bones, like in your arms and legs, are mostly made of compact bone Short bones, like the bones in your wrists and ankles, are mainly made of spongy bone Flat bones, like your rib and skull ...

Cancellous bone is inside the compact bone. Under the microscope it looks like a honeycomb or mesh with a lot of spaces. It is sometimes called spongy bone because the spaces look like a sponge. Image ...

This is called bone loss or bone thinning. The hard, outer layer of the bones (compact bone) gets thinner and the holes in cancellous (spongy) bone get larger. In time, bones become more fragile. This ...