The first 'blueprint' of human skeletal development reveals how the skeleton forms, shedding light on the process of arthritis, and highlighting cells involved in conditions that affect skull and ...

Your skeleton supports and protects your body. The skull, for example, protects your brain. Important if you like thinking or moving, since your brain sends the signals that control your muscles.

Look for the sagittal suture – the squiggly line that runs the length of the skull – and note whether ... another clue as to the identity of your skeleton. Consult a scientist who specializes ...

The study, published today (20 November) in Nature, shows a clear picture of how cartilage acts as a scaffold for bone development across the skeleton, apart from the top of the skull.

However, metres of sediment needed carefully digging out before the team could excavate the skeleton. During the 2018-19 excavation, team members went on to uncover a complete skull, flattened by ...