The human body is a machine whose many parts – from the microscopic details of our cells to our limbs, eyes, liver and brain – have been assembled in fits and starts over the four billion ...

The pelvis is often called the keystone of upright locomotion. More than any other part of our lower body, it has been ...

Summary In this book the author, a Harvard evolutionary biologist presents an account of how the human body has evolved over millions of years, examining how an increasing disparity between the needs ...

Researchers have now discovered that HAR123, a regulatory gene sequence, is an important factor in human brain development. Even though humans are closely related to chimps, the slight differences in ...

Miniature models of the brain have revealed a "previously unappreciated" role of microglia, a type of cell found within the ...

Why do humans uniquely have a chin, for example? And why, relative to body weight, is a human testicle triple the size of a gorilla’s but a fifth of that of a chimpanzee?

There was notable evidence of rapid evolution in human enterocytes as well. Enterocytes play an important role in the absorption of nutrients, and the maintenance of the intestinal barrier. This ...

The human body could one day be used to power devices and cool down hot semiconductor chips.

Excess energy from wireless 6G networks could be harvested by a copper coil and the human body.

The unique human body part that evolution cannot explain - The human chin has long been fertile ground for arguments between scientists over its purpose ...