However, some of us actually have extra body parts that we may not even know about ... can live without a spleen because around 19-30% of people have an accessory (extra) spleen.

The Bible's lex talionis – "Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot" (Exodus 21:24-27) – has captured the human imagination for millennia.

Human body parts hold a deep fascination in African societies and religious groups with cultic leanings. Not surprisingly, people found with human fingers or severed heads attract a morbid ...

Do people across cultures and throughout history agree on which body parts are more or less valuable? Until now, no one had systematically tested whether body parts are valued similarly across ...

Four people died on the scene while four others ... southern state of Chiapas along the Guatemala border. On Tuesday, body parts from an unknown number of victims were found along a highway ...