It’s time to go spanning the globe for anatomy news and notes!   “Work in Progress” Please don’t take it personally, but the “work in progress” is us.  That is, humans.   According to this article  on the BGR website, evolution continues to roll right along.   Side question: why would we think it might stop?   After all, evolution is fact of nature, not something that gets turned off when a species starts making fire or flying in airplanes.   Evolution exists, the article ass

Looking for some inspiration? For whatever reason? There are some 233,000 TED Talk videos. (Good luck catching up!) And there are a few knockout TED Talks that focus on our favorite topic—human anatomy—and that might serve as a bit of inspiration. Or discussion. Or both! “The Spellbinding Art of Human Anatomy” 1.6 million plays. Description: “Vanessa Ruiz takes us on an illustrated journey of human anatomical art over the centuries, sharing captivating images that bring this

It’s time to go spanning the globe for anatomy news and notes!   Get the Point? We highly recommend this thoughtful rundown , posted on the Irsaeli publication Haaretz, on what’s currently known about our history with crafting hunting tools and how that played out in terms of the successful establishment (or not) of various human species.    “Stone tools began over 3 million years ago mainly as crude hammers,” says the author, Ruth Schuster. “These artifacts would evolve into

You know how it goes. You take your body for granted when it works. Right? But when something starts to hurt, you mind starts to wonder.   How did that happen? What did I do? Is that something the body can fix—by itself? Do I need a doctor? Or physical therapy? And—will it go away? What if I ignore it?   Well, in the case of the writer of this anatomy-related blog, it’s the shoulder.   More specifically, and we quote from the report following an MRI: “There is a torn posterio

You know the graphic, we all know the graphic. In fact, if you go to Google Images and type in “evolution” it will come up in various renderings—five or six silhouettes (always men) or other figures transforming from ape to human.  It’s not helpful! It’s also oversimplifying. And misleading. “You know that image of one species leading to another species leading to another species?” asks paleo-anthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi in this 2025 BBC YouTube clip  that is part of a seri

It’s time to go spanning the globe for anatomy news and notes!   Baby Talk We loved this article  in the New York Times about how baby humans develop language. A study—actually, it was many studies—looked at how humans interact with their offspring versus how other mammals do it.   Yes, baby talk. What parent hasn’t employed “baby talk” in communicating with their children who are not yet speaking? Known as “infant-directed speech” by scientists, baby talk “often features rep

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It ’s time to go spanning the globe for anatomy news and notes!   DOCTOR App As reported by the University of Chicago Illinois news...