In 1931, the Skhūl I fossil was uncovered at Mugharat es-Skhūl (the Cave of the Children), also known as Skhūl Cave, Israel.

Unlike the appendix, wisdom teeth have become vestigial structures. One estimate says 35 percent of the population is born without wisdom teeth, and some say they may disappear altogether.

Nacre Nacre, or mother-of-pearl, is one of nature's remarkable examples of a durable and break-resistant structure. : Durable, Secure and Energy-Efficient Non-Volatile Memory Utilizing Data Versioning ...

New research led by the Institute of Biotechnology and Biomedicine of the UAB (IBB-UAB) carried out the structural characterization of the human protease SENP5, implicated in several diseases ...

It seems we actually share something in common with whales, as it turns out our tailbones, or coccyx, are also very important for the surrounding muscles, tendons, and ligaments. This vestigial ...

Significance The present crystal structure of phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) provides the 3D structure of the full-length human PAH, both unbound and complexed with the tetrahydrobiopterin (BH 4) ...