A handful of tiny Neanderthal bones and teeth have given scientists an unusually close look at the earliest stages of life in ...

A rare Neanderthal fetus reveals that many traits distinguishing Neanderthals from modern humans likely developed only after birth.

In mice, scientists have now nudged that same emergency repair program onto a different path. By applying two growth signals ...

New study identifies CAR3 as a key osteoblast protein promoting collagen mineralization, bone formation, and skeletal ...

Learn more about menarche, a mark on an ancient femur bone, and how it can help us understand the reproductive beginnings of ancient women.

Bone marrow is the spongy tissue located within the hollow center of bones, serving as the primary site for the continuous production of red blood cells, platelets, and white blood cells. Despite its ...

The "forever chemicals" known as PFAS are increasingly known to potentially pose many threats, the latest of which may be child bone health, according to a new study. Perfluoroalkyl and ...

New publication outlines the stakeholder-driven, evidence-based process behind a global, multilingual platform for people living with osteoporosis and their caregivers. A new paper published in ...

Until now, estimating how old a dinosaur was when it died has been a fairly simple process — just count up the growth rings in its fossilized bones. "We always thought that those rings were formed ...

Osteoporosis is a chronic skeletal disorder characterized by reduced bone mass and deterioration of bone microarchitecture, leading to increased bone fragility and fracture risk. It develops when bone ...