In dolphins and whales, the pelvis is widely considered to be a good-for-nothing remnant of legged days past. But that pelvic bone didn't become useless when the animals switched from walking to ...

Researchers studying the pelvic bones of dolphins and whales reveal that these seemingly useless remnants of an ancient landlubber lifestyle actually have a purpose. Turns out, cetacean pelvic bones ...

The male pelvic region is the area between the trunk — or main body — and the lower extremities, or legs. For information on the female pelvis, see our overview. In general, the male pelvis has some ...

Camille Berthelot is in the Department of Genomes and Genetics, the Pasteur Institute, Paris Cité University, CNRS UMR 3525, INSERM UA12, F-75015 Paris, France. Using an exceptionally rare collection ...

Sept. 18 (UPI) --An ancient ape pelvis recovered in Hungary suggests bipedalism has deeper evolutionary roots than previously thought. The 10-million-year-old fossilized pelvis bone belongs to ...

A pelvic fracture is a break in one or more of the bones in the pelvis. This includes the sacrum, coccyx, ilium, ischium, and pubis. The type of pelvic fracture a person has may depend on the trauma ...