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 ...

If evolutionary biologist Terence D. Capellini were to rank the body parts that make us quintessentially human, the pelvis would place close to the top. After all, its design makes it possible for ...

Pelvic inflammatory diseases occur when pathogenic bacteria colonize areas of the female reproductive system, such as the uterus or fallopian tubes. While easily treated with antibiotics, these ...

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 ...

All vertebrate species have a pelvis, but only humans use it for upright, two-legged walking. The evolution of the human pelvis, and our two-legged gait, dates back 5 million years, but the precise ...

Walking on two legs is one of the defining features of being human, setting us apart from our closest primate relatives. But how did our ancestors start walking upright? Now, a new study published in ...