skeletons
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Can We Tell if a Skeleton Is From an Adult Dinosaur or a Child Dinosaur?
There are a couple of ways we can try to tell how old a dinosaur was when it died.
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Three African Skeletons Found In Mexico Show Horrors Of Early Slavery In The New World
Three skeletons belonging to African individuals have been uncovered at a mass grave in Mexico City. They represent some of the first African people to arrive into slavery in the New World. An interdisciplinary analysis of these remains is shedding new light on this grim period of history and the harsh conditions endured by the…
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Infant Skeletons Wearing ‘Helmets’ Made Of Other Children’s Skulls Stun Archaeologists
Archaeologists in Ecuador have uncovered evidence of a previously undocumented funeral ritual, in which the heads of recently deceased infants were adorned with the skulls of other children. Scientists can only speculate as to the reasons why.
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Which Eccentric Millionaire Will Buy This Nearly Complete Diplodocus Skeleton That’s Going Up For Auction?
Thanks to modern paleontology techniques, finding dinosaur fossils isn’t as difficult or random as it once was. There are now more skeletons to go around, but unfortunately, based on an upcoming auction at the Parisian auction house Aguttes, you’ll still need a couple million dollars of disposable cash to add a dinosaur to your private…