More information: Raman et al, The ultrastructure of the starfish skeleton is correlated with mechanical stress, Acta Biomaterialia (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2024.12.032. Provided by ...

Reference: Tinoco AI, Mitchison-Field LMY, Bradford J, et al. Role of the bicarbonate transporter SLC4γ in stony-coral skeleton formation and evolution. PNAS. 2023;120(24):e2216144120. doi: ...

Before the evolution of legs from fins, the axial skeleton - including the bones of the head, ... Tiktaalik was discovered in 2004, but key parts of its skeleton were unknown.

Because of the importance of coral skeleton formation in building reefs, a major research focus has been to understand the genes controlling the process and how it has evolved in corals.

Before the evolution of legs from fins ... and connection between the pelvis and axial skeleton -- that were key to the origin of walking. And while Tiktaalik probably wasn't walking across ...

"Although it will require much more complete evidence for the evolution of the skeleton of early humans below the neck to test their ideas properly." ...

The skeleton was discovered by paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson on November 24, 1974. The 3.2-million-year-old fossil "Lucy" at Addis Ababa's National Museum, Ethiopia, on May 7, 2013.

Reference: Tinoco AI, Mitchison-Field LMY, Bradford J, et al. Role of the bicarbonate transporter SLC4γ in stony-coral skeleton formation and evolution. PNAS. 2023;120(24):e2216144120. doi: ...