Sentences with phrase «human tooth fragments»

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In eight years, from 17 ancient wrecks, McKee has brought up 40 tons: a 17 - foot, 2 1/2 - ton anchor; 18 cannons; over 400 cannonballs; flintlocks, pistols and swords; gold doubloons; silver pieces - of - eight; wine - jug, rum - bottle and china - plate fragments; tackle blocks; pewter plates and cups; belt and shoe buckles and worn boot heels; cutlery, inkwells, figurines and religious medals; copper and silver ingots; a ton of lead; gold rings, earrings and brooches; human teeth, beef bones and elephant tusks.

Denisova Cave (Altai Mountains 50,000 - 100,000 years ago) Samples of aDNA from one finger fragment and three teeth found in Siberia revealed Denisovans, a newly discovered type of extinct human.

Then they powdered single teeth from 36 skeletons ranging in age from 3300 years to 1500 years old and extracted tiny fragments of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), a marker commonly used for genetic typing of human populations.

Fragments of fossilized jaw, skull, and tooth, unearthed shortly before World War I from gravel beds, 45 miles south of London, were not, as had been believed, the remains of an aberrant part - human, part - ape «missing link».

Another fossil which Lubenow considers human is ER 1590, consisting of cranial fragments and teeth of a child of about 6 years.