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NEWS ABOUT: bone

bone stories: 4 news summaries

Cops Find Bone Fragment Next Door to Garrido

Unclear if it's human
or animal; investigators still searching area

Aug 31, 09 7:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Authorities found a bone fragment on the property next door to where Phillip Garrido held Jaycee Lee Dugard captive for 18 years, the Contra Costa Times reports—though police aren’t yet sure if the bone is human or animal. A spokesman says investigators and dogs are still combing the... More »

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crime • kidnapping • bone • search • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido • Antioch, Calif. • bone fragment

 Meet 
 the First 
 European 


Forensic artist reconstructs face of first modern human found in Europe

May 5, 09 3:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Meet the first modern European. His face—or hers, as researchers have been unable to determine the sex—was reconstructed by a forensic artist based on a partial skull and jawbone discovered in a Romanian cave. The facial features linked to the 35,000-year-old bones recall the continent's immediate African... More »

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evolution • BBC • fossil • homo sapien • bone • anthropology • Homo habilis • Homo erectus • Neanderthals • Romania • caves • cavemen • ice age

 Remains Are Caylee's: Cops 

Remains found near Anthony house are those of missing toddler, police say

Dec 19, 08 2:19 PM CST
(Newser) - DNA tests performed by the FBI have confirmed that the bones found near the home of Caylee Anthony’s grandparents are the remains of the missing toddler, the Orlando Sentinel reports. Caylee’s mother Casey Anthony, who is charged with her murder, has been informed in jail. Authorities still don’... More »

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Florida • murder • bone • bones • missing child • Casey Anthony • Caylee Anthony

Chinese Make Dino Soup

Jul 4, 07 7:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Chinese villagers in Henan province dug up a ton of fossilized dinosaur bones, using them to make traditional medicines, including soup and poultices. The villagers, not entirely inaccurately, believed that they were ‘dragon bones’ from flying dragons. Once they learned of their value to paleontologists, the villagers donated the... More »

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China • medicine • paleontology • fossil • dinosaur • Henan • bone

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