News tagged with leg bone
Did bone ease acid for early land crawlers?
Here's an anatomical packing list for making that historic trip from water to land circa 370 million years ago: Lungs? Check. Legs? Check. Patches of highly vascular bone in the skin? In a new paper, scientists ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 24, 2012 |
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Research reveals first evidence of hunting by prehistoric Ohioans
Cut marks found on Ice Age bones indicate that humans in Ohio hunted or scavenged animal meat earlier than previously known. Dr. Brian Redmond, curator of archaeology at The Cleveland Museum of Natural History, was lead author ...
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Mar 01, 2012 |
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Prehistoric speedway: Super-sized muscle made twin-horned dinosaur a speedster
(PhysOrg.com) -- A meat-eating dinosaur that terrorized its plant-eating neighbours in South America was a lot deadlier than first thought, a University of Alberta researcher has found.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 15, 2011 |
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Heavy rains yield big dinosaur fossil find in Md.
Scientists say they have excavated Maryland's largest dinosaur fossil find in five years, a football-sized bone weighing between two and three pounds.
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Sep 22, 2011 |
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Prehistoric BBQ has bone marrow and aurochs on the menu
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the July issue of the Journal of Archaeological Science, researchers reveal the prehistoric remains of a BBQ in the valley of the River Tjonger in the Netherlands that took place over 7 ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 29, 2011 |
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X-rays reveal hidden leg of an ancient snake
(PhysOrg.com) -- A novel X-ray imaging technology is helping scientists better understand how in the course of evolution snakes have lost their legs. The researchers hope the new data will help resolve a heated ...
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Feb 07, 2011 |
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Put on the brakes after foot or ankle surgery
Patients recovering from a right foot injury or surgery should think twice about how soon they want to begin driving again. According to a new study from the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS), it takes much longer ...
Dec 15, 2010 |
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Scientists regrow section of bone
Scientist Paul Wooley has regrown a section of bone in a mammal's leg, a breakthrough he and collaborators say will revolutionize bone medicine worldwide. It will dramatically improve treatment for wounded soldiers and many ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 09, 2010 |
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Why you should never arm wrestle a saber-toothed tiger
Saber-toothed cats may be best known for their supersized canines, but they also had exceptionally strong forelimbs for pinning prey before delivering the fatal bite, says a new study in the journal PLoS ON ...
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Jul 03, 2010 |
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Unequal leg length tied to osteoarthritis
A new study shows that arthritis in the knee is linked to the common trait of having one leg that is longer than the other. Whether or not leg length differential is a direct cause of osteoarthritis is not ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 31, 2010 |
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Internet generation at risk of rickets: study
Bone-bending rickets can now be added to the list of ills linked to children spending uncounted hours before a computer screen, British researchers said Friday.
Jan 22, 2010 |
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