Tattooing.piercing.anorexia.self-cutting.plastic surgery.body-building.the use of life extension technologies–these are all forms of body modification that have become increasingly prevalent in ...

Human bones preserve evidence of injuries, violence, medical intervention, and intentional body modification. Cut marks, healed fractures, cranial shaping, and dental alteration allow osteologists to ...

Rights activists in The Gambia are calling for justice after a one-month-old baby's death was linked to female genital mutilation, a widely practiced but illegal procedure up for review before the ...