While the common ancestor of vertebrates with synovial joints is still a mystery, the oldest specimen with evidence of these ...

Study: Synovial joints were present in the common ancestor ... Berlin and subjected to microstructural analysis at the ...

A new study from the University of Chicago has uncovered the surprising origin of the flexible joints that allow us to move ...

The researchers also studied fossils of extinct fishes dating back almost 400 million years and saw evidence that some of the oldest jawed fishes had bones with joint cavities for articulated ...

These joints have a loose capsule and a synovial lining, thus they are apophyseal joints. The nerve root canal, also called the lateral recess, is adjacent to the pedicles and facet joints in the ...

The efficient architecture of our joints, which allows our skeletons to be flexible and sturdy, originated among our most ancient jawed fish ancestors, according to a new study. The efficient ...

Synovial joints originated millions of years ago in jawed vertebrates, explained Sharma, a researcher at the University of Chicago. In a paper published Tuesday in PLOS Biology, she and her colleagues ...