Scientists have created the first detailed day-by-day map of human embryo development using single-cell technology.

New examinations of skeletons and animal embryos have allowed researchers to discover how mammals developed protruding, flexible noses. This study contributes to uncovering the origin of mammals' ...

Metabolism does more than fuel embryos—it sets their developmental rhythm. EMBL researchers found that a sugar molecule, FBP, ...

A perfectly preserved dinosaur embryo has been found in China: little Yingliang reveals the posture of birds before birth.

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A team at the University of Cambridge has announced making the first human “synthetic embryos” – embryo-like structures made from stem cells – that have been grown to a stage equivalent to just past ...

The embryos weren’t used to try to establish a pregnancy, but the researchers behind the technique say it could one day be ...

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 ...