In order to understand foodways and subsistence strategies of humans in the past, as well as distributions of ancient animal species, it is critical for archaeologists to accurately identify animal taxa in archaeological ...
Paleontology & Fossils
May 24, 2021
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The form and structure of bones change as a result of the forces to which they are subjected.
Other
Feb 1, 2013
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In a study led by Leiden alumnus Jan Dekker, based on his research master's thesis, he applied Mass Spectrometry Imaging to archaeological human teeth. The research shows that there are large differences in the intensity ...
Archaeology
Feb 20, 2023
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Despite what some people think, bone is not merely a passive component of the body. The skeleton is structurally dynamic and responds to life's physical stresses with continual equilibration between bone mass loss and reformation. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 9, 2021
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You probably haven't given much thought to how you chew, but the jaw structure and mechanics of almost all modern mammals may have something to do with why we're here today. In a new paper published this week in Scientific ...
Archaeology
Mar 23, 2017
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For approximately 3,000 years, generations of green sea turtles have returned to the same seagrass meadows to eat.
Ecology
Jul 17, 2023
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Scientists from Skoltech and Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) studied the protein and lipid composition of a mammoth bone found near the Yana River in northeastern Siberia. Their study is one of the few pioneering ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jan 10, 2019
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