Now the discovery of a partial upper arm bone, the smallest adult human arm bone in the fossil record so far, and two more teeth at Mata Menge has revealed that this H. floresiensis individual was ...

Some species of poisonous pumpkin toadlets in the mountains of Brazil, for instance, lack small bones in their heads necessary to hear their own vocalizations. Scientists believe there are ...

New imaging technology can scan incredibly small bones, such as those in the ear, to a 50-micron level of detail, which could lead to swifter diagnoses of diseases. Early diagnosis of some ear ...