Cultures worldwide have spun curious and eerie tales about the human body’s quirks, shaping beliefs that persist to this day ...

The human body has evolved to shield its vital organs, from the brain's hard skull and meninges to the ribs and sternum ...

In the 16th century, when the study of human anatomy was still in its infancy, curious onlookers would gather in anatomical theaters to catch of a glimpse of public dissections of the dead. In the ...

At a time of increasing anxiety about physical anatomy, figurative sculptors are breathing new life into one of the world’s ...

The Italian Renaissance artist created groundbreaking depictions of humans at a time when the inner workings of the body ...

of the human body to learn about anatomy and disease was practised by the Greek physicians Herophilus (335 - 280 BC) and Erasistratus (305 - 250 BC) in Alexandria in what is now Egypt. But ...

The human anatomy became one of his great interests ... He drew and described nearly all the bones and muscles of the body in beautiful detail, as well as investigating their biomechanics.