Humans have been walking on two legs for millions of years. All vertebrate species have a pelvis, but only humans use it for upright, two-legged walking.* The evolution of the human pelvis, and our ...

One of the characteristics that distinctly separates humans from other animals is the ability to walk on two legs. The key organ that enables this is the pelvis, but how the human pelvic structure, ...

A combined study on the morphology of the human pelvis – leveraging genetics and deep learning on data from more than 31,000 individuals – reveals genetic links between pelvic structure and function, ...

The pelvis is often called the keystone of upright locomotion. More than any other part of our lower body, it has been radically altered over millions of years to allow us to accomplish our bizarre ...

A fossilized human-like pelvis that was discovered by researchers and dated by a UA scientist could help answer questions about how humans evolved, according to findings made public today. The ...

Human childbirth is comparatively difficult because our babies' heads are large relative to our birth canals. This tight 'fetopelvic' fit increases the risk of obstructed labor, which in turn has ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 112, No. 18 (May 5, 2015), pp. 5655-5660 (6 pages) Compared with other primates, childbirth is remarkably ...

Human bones washed up along the Brooklyn Bridge Park shoreline this week — marking at least the fifth time remains have been recovered from the waterfront in the last few months, officials said Friday ...

Evolutionary anthropologists from the University of Vienna and colleagues now present evidence for a different explanation, published in PNAS. A larger bony pelvic canal is disadvantageous for the ...