The skeletons of two women — an adult and a child — were discovered buried in a lost chapel in the infamous Tower of London. They don’t appear to have been prisoners. Source: https://www.livescience.com/tower-of-london-worker-skeletons.html
Tag: Skeletons
Lee Berger: We have made another major discovery about early humans
Fossil skeletons found embedded in rock at a site near Johannesburg, South Africa, could shake up humanity’s family tree Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2219742-lee-berger-we-have-made-another-major-discovery-about-early-humans/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Cold-blooded mammals roamed Earth for tens of millions of years
Two protomammals from the dinosaur era were still cold-blooded like their reptile ancestors, even though their skeletons and brains were mammal-like Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2219467-cold-blooded-mammals-roamed-earth-for-tens-of-millions-of-years/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Screen time: How smartphones really affect our bodies and brains
If you believe the headlines, screens are supposed to warp our skeletons, damage our mental health and alienate us from our families. But the evidence paints a more nuanced picture Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24332490-600-screen-time-how-smartphones-really-affect-our-bodies-and-brains/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
‘Lovers of Modena’ Buried Hand-in-Hand Turn Out to Be Men
The “lovers of Modena” — two 1,600-year-old skeletons found holding hands inside their grave — are both men, new research reveals. Source: https://www.livescience.com/lovers-of-modena-skeletons-are-men.html
Bones release a hormone that helps us deal with sudden danger
Bones secrete a hormone when we are under threat that activates the fight-or-flight response, suggesting our skeletons are more active that we thought Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2216252-bones-release-a-hormone-that-helps-us-deal-with-sudden-danger/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
No Bones About It: People Recognize Objects By Visualizing Their ‘Skeletons’
An anonymous reader shares a report from Scientific American: Humans effortlessly know that a tree is a tree and a dog is a dog no matter the size, color or angle at which they’re viewed. In fact, identifying such visual elements is one of the earliest tasks children learn. But researchers have struggled to determine how the brain does this simple…
Six-headed burial perplexes archaeologists
Two warrior skeletons unearthed in Scotland had been buried together in a coffin alongside four other skulls. Thought to date back to the 15th Century… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/330209/six-headed-burial-perplexes-archaeologists…
Misshapen ‘alien-like’ skulls found in Croatia
Archaeologists have unearthed two skeletons with skulls exhibiting clear signs of artificial cranial deformation. Originally discovered at Croatia’s H… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/329987/misshapen-alien-like-skulls-found-in-croatia…
Ancient Skeletons with Alien-Like Heads Unearthed in Croatia
Archaeologists have unearthed three ancient skeletons in Croatia — and two of them had pointy, artificially deformed skulls. Source: https://www.livescience.com/ancient-skulls-croatia-artificially-deformed.html