Schinderhannes’ skeleton has since been removed from the Anatomical Collection of Heidelberg University for conservation purposes, but spectators can still view a replica. Even in death, the notorious ...

Adult teeth are worn down by chewing, and sometimes the amount a skeleton’s teeth are worn down can be used to estimate age. However, factors like a rough diet can mean an inaccurate age estimate.

In a groundbreaking find, the most complete dinosaur skeleton in the UK in over a century was uncovered on the Isle of Wight.

The skeleton is a rigid framework of bones that forms the supporting structure of the musculoskeletal system, and also functions in movement, haematopoiesis and endocrine regulation. Skeletal ...

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Scientists and researchers around the globe are investigating a series of mysteries about what happens to our bones over time.

What’s believed to be Bach’s skeleton, photographed in 1895 by anatomist Wilhelm His. Andreas Otte examined the left hand, as too many bones are missing from the right hand. Using a photo of ...

In 1805, the first chairholder of anatomy at the University of Heidelberg ... mystery was to analyze the DNA from the nuclei of the skeletal bones. A new molecular genetic method makes it possible ...

The trillions of cells that make up our skeleton age too, and some change in ways that weaken the very structure of our bones. Scientists and researchers around the globe are investigating a ...