Harvard scientists have discovered new evolutionary changes in pelvic structure that allowed the first humans to walk upright on two legs. The August study published in the journal Nature reveals that ...

A study published in Nature identified two structural innovations in the upper human pelvis that enabled bipedalism and reported associated genetic programs active during development. Researchers from ...

What can you learn from a pelvis? Among the qualities that make humans unique are two physical features: our way of walking and running upright on two legs, and our newborn babies’ very large heads.

Camille Berthelot is in the Department of Genomes and Genetics, the Pasteur Institute, Paris Cité University, CNRS UMR 3525, INSERM UA12, F-75015 Paris, France. Using an exceptionally rare collection ...

Led by our expert faculty of anatomists, this half-day review of the Anatomy of the Male Pelvis is aimed at professionals with a scope of practice relevant to the region, such as practitioners ...

The pelvis is often called the keystone of upright movement. It helps explain how human ancestors left life on all fours behind. Yet the “how” has stayed fuzzy for decades. A new Nature study led by ...

Human newborns arrive remarkably underdeveloped. The reason lies in a deep evolutionary trade-off between big brains, bipedalism and the limits of motherhood.

Study reveals how growth plate reorientation transformed the human ilium from tall and narrow to short, wide, and curved, creating the bowl-shaped pelvis essential for upright walking. A study ...