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 ...

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.

A great deal of evidence suggests that the appendix is a vestigial or evolutionary remnant, which means the appendix of our ancestors served a specific purpose.

The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a challenge to the structure of a Department of Health and Human Services task force that makes recommendations about which preventive services, including HIV ...

Criterion (iv): An ensemble of sites along the southern part of the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, including examples of buildings, architectural and technological ensembles, illustrate a significant ...

Ancient humans in Africa changed their behaviour in a major way 70,000 years ago, which could explain how their descendants ...

In a twist, researchers at the University of Virginia and the National Institutes of Health uncovered a new organelle, dubbed ...

A new documentary brings early human history to life with a "scientifically accurate" collection of hyper-real 3D models.

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 ...

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