Cave divers in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico found a skull of a teenage girl they are calling ‘Naia’ over 12,000 years old amongst a collection of animal bones on the floor of a 100-foot deep chamber. Although the skull and the girl’s nearly complete skeleton were found in 2007, scientists just published an analysis …
The medieval Black Death, that struck Europe from 1347-1351 CE, has been considered one of the most devastating epidemics in human history. Europe’s populations dwindled as tens of millions of its people died. While early research claimed that the disease had no bias and killed indiscriminately, more recent studies have shown that it targeted the elderly, …
If you’ve ever watched the TV show ‘Bones’, you know that specific physical markers on the skeletal can be used to determine what activities an individual was doing in their lifetime. Despite the ease which Temperance Brennan can determine someone was a tennis player from their arm bones, this is actually a highly controversial topic …