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A skeleton beneath Petra’s Treasury was found clutching a chalice that resembles the Holy Grail

Archaeologists from the University of St Andrews have found a tomb containing 12 skeletons directly beneath Petra’s Treasury, ...

Scientists Built the First 3D Vaquita Skeleton — Here’s Why It Matters

With fewer than 10 individuals left alive and captive breeding off the table, the vaquita has almost no margin for error. A ...

26-Year Mystery of a Skeleton in a Tent Ends With DNA Identification

Remains of the man, Joseph Louis Serrao, Jr., discovered in a remote area in Olympic National Park in 2000, were identified using forensic genealogy.
NBC Olympics

How does Olympic skeleton work?

Learn how Olympic skeleton competition works — from the structure of heats and timing rules to how medal winners are ...

Bones communicate with the rest of the body to support overall health – here’s the science behind your skeleton

Each year, doctors treat more than 6 million bone fractures in the United States. And while it takes only a few seconds for a ...

Skeleton of the world’s rarest marine mammal preserved by digital imaging

The reconstruction of the vaquita, whose numbers barely reach double figures in the wild, is designed to help research and conservation efforts ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Archaeologists Are Bewildered by a Skeleton Made From the Bones of at Least Eight People Who Died Thousands of Years Apart

Researchers performed DNA testing on the bones highlighted in this image. Paumen, Wargnies and Demory / Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles / Veselka et al. Back in the 1970s, when archaeologists excavated ...