Sentences with phrase «examined ancient bones»

As an initial test of whether bones alone can identify mummification, Booth's group examined ancient bones from two known mummies.

Behrensmeyer now plans to examine ancient bone assemblages in a study of human remains that are more than a million years old.

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Iain McKechnie and Dana Lepofsky examine ancient herring fish bones that tell a fascinating story about how gigantic herring fisheries were for thousands of years in the Pacific Northwest.

Orlando's group examined DNA from the bones of 15 Iron Age stallions from the ancient Scythian civilization: Two stallions were from a 2,700 - year - old grave site in Russia and 13 were sacrificed in a burial ritual about 2,300 years ago in Kazakhstan.

When they examined the dinosaur's leg bone, they found ancient fragments of a protein called collagen (KAHL - eh - jen).