The human body is often described as a marvel of "perfect design": elegant, efficient and finely tuned for its purpose. Yet, ...

Human anatomy is far from complete, with ongoing discoveries reshaping understanding of variation, structure, and disease.

Humans' exposure to high temperature burn injuries may have played an important role in our evolutionary development, shaping how our bodies heal, fight infection, and sometimes fail under extreme ...

Frequent burn exposure may have driven human genetic adaptations that improve healing but worsen severe injury outcomes.