Humans have a distinctive skeleton, and are the only bipedal great apes (the great ape species are bonobos, chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, and humans). While the evolution of the human skeleton ...

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An interdisciplinary research team led by Professor Dr. Bent Brachvogel has examined how mitochondria influence the premature aging of the skeleton. Mitochondria play a key role in the production of ...

Imagine waking up one day and your skull, ribcage, femur, and every other bone in your body suddenly vanished. Sounds like a nightmare, right? While this might seem like science fiction, it highlights ...