Sentences with phrase «other ancient bones»

Not exact matches

It had been a different story at RAS's zoological museum a few days earlier, where she wasn't allowed to sample the bones she had come for because they were already covered with drill marks from other researchers who, like her, hoped to mine the relatively small number of ancient polar bear samples to reveal their evolutionary history.

To establish the fossil's identity, the researchers compared a 3 - D image of the ancient finger bone with corresponding bones of present - day people, apes and monkeys, as well as Neandertals and other ancient hominids.

Along with more than 100 other fossils representing nearly 40 other Ardipithecus individuals, Ardi was discovered in the scorched landscape of Ethiopia's Afar Rift, a place where torrential rains regularly wash up traces of ancient stone and bone from different eras.

The collection includes stone tools and other artifacts, as well as fossilized bones of animals and ancient hominins, including the Neandertal bones that formed part of the sample used in three recent studies of Neandertal DNA.

His group showed that the petrous bone, containing the tiny inner ear, harbors 100 times more DNA than other ancient human remains, offering a huge increase in the amount of genetic material available for analysis.

Butchery marks previously found on ancient dog bones at other Mayan sites suggest the dogs were raised for slaughter.

Ironically, this high - resolution genome means that the Denisovans, who are represented in the fossil record by only one tiny finger bone and two teeth, are much better known genetically than any other ancient human — including Neandertals, of which there are hundreds of specimens.

Now, using ancient DNA from the bones of the man and 13 others buried alongside him, scientists have come to a surprising conclusion — elite status passed down the maternal line, from mothers to their sons and daughters.

Unfortunately the Australian work did not use standard ancient DNA authentication tests, such as independent replication by other laboratories, biochemical studies of bone preservation, and cloning of DNA sequences (to reveal amplification artefacts).

As in the liquid you get from simmering the bones of a healthy animal with spices and herbs. As with other food trends (weâ $ ™ re looking at you, ancient grains and fermented foods), bone broths are certainly nothing new.

These items include simple things like soil, bones of oni (demons), damaged weapons, plants, ancient coins, a variety of fangs, and all sorts of other things.

Players will forge their own path as they explore ruined cities, forests of fungus, temples of bone and other fantastic lands, all on their way to uncovering an ancient mystery.