Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Because our ancestors didn’t exactly have smartphones and social media to track where they were going, we need their bones (like ...

They compared measurements of its lumbar vertebrae (lower back) and sacrum (a triangular bone at the base of the spine) to those of modern humans, fossil hominins (extinct bipedal human ancestors), ...

The spine, or backbone, is a long column of bones that runs down the center of a person’s back. It is essential for many functions, such as movement, support, and protecting the spinal cord. A ...

People who suffer from lower back problems are more likely to have a spine similar to that of the chimpanzee, our closest ape ancestor, researchers say. Back pain can result from a lesion known as a ...

image: A new study, led by researchers from Bar-Ilan University, Ono Academic College, The University of Tulsa, and the Israel Antiquities Authority, presents a 1.5 million-year-old human vertebra ...

The spinal column is a bony tower of 24 vertebrae that gives the body structure, while also housing the spinal cord. The spinal cord and its nerves are the means by which the body and brain ...

The lower back is home to the lumbar vertebrae, the sacrum, and the coccyx. These are some of the bones responsible for posture, movement, and protection of the spinal cord, which is a long tube of ...

Landmark biomechanical study shows AxioMed's viscoelastic lumbar disc is the first implant to replicate the natural mechanical behaviors of a human disc, unlocking a new era of motion-preserving spine ...

The spine (aka backbone) is a linked column of bones running from the head down to the lower back. Bone segments form the column. One bone segment is a vertebra, and multiple bone segments are ...

A new study shows that women's spines have evolved to compensate for the weight of the baby during pregnancy. This dimorphism allows a woman to remain more active and mobile, despite the weight of the ...