Your femur connects many important muscles, tendons, and ligaments in your hips and knees to the other parts of your body, including parts of the circulatory system. More than that, it helps you carry ...

Your thigh is made up of a few different groups of muscles. The thigh is an important part of your body because your thighs bear most of your body’s weight! It’s consequently important to keep your ...

New study of 7-million-year-old fossils from Chad proves Sahelanthropus tchadensis walked upright while still climbing trees.

The adductor longus muscle is a hip abductor muscle located in the inner thigh. This muscle controls the thigh bone’s ability to move inward and from side to side. The muscle originates in the ...

Learn how detailed 3D analysis uncovered evidence that upright walking emerged near the very start of the human lineage.