Coverage on 2020 Cell paper

Human knee evolved in lockstep with osteoarthritis, study says.

The human knee is a triumph of design. The joint, which evolved fairly rapidly from our common ancestor with the chimpanzee to accommodate our bipedalism, likely contributed to our success as a species. However, as modern medicine extends the human...

With the advent of bipedalism, the anatomy of the human knee had to adapt to supporting all the weight of the body on two legs and the genetic mechanisms that accompanied this change increased the risk of cartilage degeneration in elderly people: a joint...

As humans evolved, they began to walk upright, which has helped propel our species forward, literally and figuratively. But that advancement has taken its toll on human health. Our lives have gotten longer, and our knees age right along with us...

The human knee is a triumph of design. The joint, which evolved fairly rapidly from our common ancestor with the chimpanzee to accommodate our bipedalism, likely contributed to our success as a species. However, as modern medicine extends the human...