A fully developed adult human will typically have 206 bones in their body. These bones work well together and provide the rigid, yet mobile, structure that your body needs to perform everyday tasks.

The From Labs to Lives Blog connects everyday topics with UC Davis research. Each post is reviewed by our experts, ensuring you always get useful information you can trust. Because we can’t see them, ...

Bones were exhumed and passed around to members of the community, who used the remains of their ancestors in a surprising ...

What began as a home renovation in Columbia, South Carolina, has become a compelling forensic and archaeological puzzle. How did human bones, possibly several hundred years old and believed to ...