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Scans of 2,000-year-old mummy show ancient Egyptian lived with back pain

Scans of 2,000-year-old mummy show ancient Egyptian lived with back pain2+ hour, 4+ min ago   (356+ words) Analysis revealed facial features, including shapes of eyelids and lower lips of mummies X-ray scans conducted on a 2,000-year-old mummy have revealed that the ancient Egyptian lived with an aching lower back, not unlike many modern humans. Radiologists subjected two…...

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The unique human body part that evolution cannot explain

The unique human body part that evolution cannot explain23+ hour, 13+ min ago   (282+ words) The human chin has long been fertile ground for arguments between scientists over its purpose The human body is a machine whose many parts " from the microscopic details of our cells to our limbs, eyes, liver and brain " have been…...

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Fossil hunters discover region’s youngest dinosaur tracks

Fossil hunters discover region’s youngest dinosaur tracks2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (752+ words) Newly discovered tracks reveal the animals survived far longer in the region than previously believed Two exciting recent discoveries confirm, however, that there is more to find of dinosaurs that lived in southern Africa a long time after those lava…...

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The National Park Service just uncovered a long-necked dinosaur

The National Park Service just uncovered a long-necked dinosaur2+ week, 5+ day ago   (414+ words) Park workers excavated 3,000 pounds of fossil and rock National Park Service employees may have just uncovered one of the longest dinosaurs on Earth. Crews working on construction at the Dinosaur National Monument's Utah parking lot last September stumbled upon the…...

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Discovery of wolf bones offer answers about prehistoric human life

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (147+ words) Discovery of wolf bones offer answers about prehistoric human life'The Independent Discovery of wolf bones offer answers about prehistoric human life - Prehistoric wolf remains discovered on the Swedish island of Stora Karls" suggest humans cared for wolves thousands of years…...

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Researchers bring Jurassic Park-style DNA study to life

Researchers bring Jurassic Park-style DNA study to life1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (356+ words) I LET MOSQUITOS FEED ON ME WITH VID By Kiara Wells Watch as one medical entomologist shares the reasons why she lets jars full of mosquitos feed from her arm. Veronique Paris, 35, from Melbourne, Australia, has been documenting her work…...

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This Jurassic Park science is now a reality

This Jurassic Park science is now a reality1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (452+ words) Researchers say they can use the talents of pesky blood-sucking mosquitoes to their benefit In the 1993 blockbuster film Jurassic Park, scientists brought dinosaurs back into existence by extracting their DNA from blood sucked by mosquitoes that had been frozen in…...

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Thousands of dinosaur footprints found near Winter Olympics venue in Italy

Thousands of dinosaur footprints found near Winter Olympics venue in Italy1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (312+ words) Paleontologists hailed the discovery which was found on Alpine cliffs Thousands of dinosaur footprints, stretching for kilometres, have been uncovered on a near-vertical rock face in Italy's Stelvio National Park. Paleontologists are hailing the discovery, located over 2,000 metres above sea…...

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A photographer finds thousands of dinosaur footprints near Italian Winter Olympic venue

A photographer finds thousands of dinosaur footprints near Italian Winter Olympic venue1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (320+ words) The discovery in the Stelvio National Park was striking for the sheer number of footprints, estimated at as many as 20,000 over some five kilometers (three miles), and the location near the Swiss border, once a prehistoric coastal area, that has…...

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‘Spectacular’ dinosaur footprints found near Winter Olympics venue

‘Spectacular’ dinosaur footprints found near Winter Olympics venue1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (317+ words) The dinosaur footprints have been found with the Winter Olympics less than two months away Thousands of dinosaur footprints, stretching for kilometres, have been uncovered on a near-vertical rock face in Italy's Stelvio National Park. Paleontologists are hailing the discovery,…...