BABIES are being born without wisdom teeth as humans evolve faster than at any time in the past 250 years, says a new study. Shorter faces, extra leg and foot bones and a new artery in the forearm are ...

The carotid arteries are essential conduits supplying blood to the head and neck, with the ensuing arterial network being of paramount importance to cerebral perfusion. The common carotid artery ...

A new study explores how humans seem to be evolving in a very unexpected way — namely, by having a third artery in some of our forearms. In an article published by the Journal of Anatomy, scientists ...

Humans are continuing to evolve -- in fact, they’re doing so at a faster rate than they have in at least 250 years. That’s the conclusion of scientists in Australia who found that more and more people ...

A new study has linked the presence of microplastics in artery-clogging plaque to a higher risk of heart disease and even death. Until now, that is. Published this week in The New England Journal of ...

HUMAN evolution is showing no signs of slowing down as more and more people are being found with additional arteries in their forearms. Even two million years after the first Homo ancestors made their ...

In anatomy, a plexus is defined as a part of the body full of nerve branches and connections. The uterine artery plexus refers to the part of the uterus where the arteries connect and branch off into ...

Between 30 and 40 percent of individuals have non-traditional blood circulatory systems in their livers. The most common difference from standard anatomy is an extra artery. If the additional artery ...

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