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Mysterious Skeleton of Child With Human and Neanderthal Traits Has Finally Been Dated by Archaeologists
Discovered in Portugal in 1998, the individual dubbed the “Lapedo Child” has long perplexed scientists, thanks to a curious mix of features ...
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Bones from 16th-century shipwreck suggest left-handedness changes what happens to us when we die
A new study of human skeletal remains from the wreck of the 16th-century English warship 'Mary Rose' suggests that whether a person is right- or left-handed may influence how their clavicle bone ...
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Walking Tall
Walking and running upright on two feet as humans do requires some specialized adaptations of the skeleton and muscles. Modern human anatomy has built on the strengths and the weaknesses of a body ...