By careful study of the bones, Wheatley can determine—with astonishing accuracy—the age, sex, race, and stature of the deceased, as well as many other facts about the person’s lifestyle and culture.
Somewhere in the frozen plains of southwestern Russia, a 40-foot circle of mammoth bones and tusks has stood for over 24,000 ...
Tendons are very strong, inelastic connective tissues that allow a muscle to pull on a bone to move it. Four of the synovial joint types are responsible for a range of sporting techniques.
You might think that if a species died out tens of millions of years ago, its design would be too primitive to have any ...