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A new map of arthropod evolution, from fossils to embryos
A new study by Prof. Ariel Chipman of The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem ...
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Some Viking Women Purposefully Elongated Their Skulls 1,000 Years Ago, New Study Suggests
Researchers in Sweden just uncovered the remains of three 8th to 11th-century Viking women whose skulls were elongated into ...
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Lion Bite to the Butt May Be First Proof of Human-Animal Gladiatorial Combat
The first physical evidence of Roman gladiators fighting animals has been found in skeletal remains from England ...
A Roman Gladiator and a Lion Met in Combat. Only One Walked Away.
A discovery in an English garden led to the first direct evidence that man fought beast to entertain the subjects of the ...
Skeleton may show the first direct evidence of a gladiator bitten by a lion
Bite marks discovered on the skeleton of a gladiator in Roman-era England suggest the man faced off with a lion in the arena, ...
Research reveals first skeletal evidence of gladiator bitten by lion in Roman period
The findings center on a single skeleton discovered in a Roman-period cemetery outside York in England, a site believed to ...