New study of 7-million-year-old fossils from Chad proves Sahelanthropus tchadensis walked upright while still climbing trees.

It is unclear who the bones belong to and how long they were there before they were found Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer and Reporter for PEOPLE. She has been working in journalism for seven ...

Scientists may have cracked the case of whether a seven-million-year-old fossil could walk upright. A new study found strong ...

A seven-million-year-old skull found in Chad sits at the center of a long argument about human origins. The species, ...

Humans are the only primates that walk on two legs. Scientists believe that their uniquely shaped pelvis, the bones that connect the spine to the legs, makes this possible. However, researchers didn’t ...

A fully developed adult human will typically have 206 bones in their body. These bones work well together and provide the rigid, yet mobile, structure that your body needs to perform everyday tasks.

Some adults do indeed have more than 206 bones. These extras, known as accessory bones or supernumerary bones, may occur when ...

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. ― A man fishing along the banks of the Wabash River found a human bone in the water Tuesday afternoon, Tippecanoe County Coroner Carrie Costello said Wednesday morning. A forensic ...

A fisherman in Poland recently reeled in a large catch — but this is not your typical gills and fins nab. The stunned angler was on the banks of the Raba River in Książnice, near Gdów, Poland, in late ...

A bone dragged to a Birmingham home by the same dog that previously found a human skull has been determined to be a leg bone. Jefferson County Chief Deputy Coroner Bill Yates on Friday said the bone ...