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A huge virtual gallery of museum skeletons is fully open for viewing. A large group of scientists has painstakingly created 3D reconstructions of thousands of vertebrate specimens, which are now freely available to view online. The endeavor not only allows the public to see once-inaccessible museum collections, but it is already improving scientific knowledge.The project is called openVertebrate, or oVert, and has been years in the making. Since 2017, scientists from 18 museums, universities, and other institutions around…

Archaeologists discovered human remains ceremonially adorned with buckets on their feet and rings around their necks in a 1,000-year-old cemetery, reports say.Archaeologists discovered the mass grave holding over 107 skeletons in what is believed to have been a pagan-era cemetery near Kyiv, Ukraine.The mysterious burial site provided a glimpse into the Dark Ages, the 1,000 years of European history between the fall of the Roman Empire and the beginning of the Italian Renaissance.Researchers unearthed axes, swords,…

Archaeologists found two new skeletons during excavations at Pompeii, destroyed in AD 79. Archaeologists at Pompeii said Tuesday that they had uncovered two new skeletons of male victims who likely died in an earthquake that accompanied the devastating volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius, which buried the Italian city in ash in AD 79. …

The sea slug, Pleurobranchea californica. Credit: Fred ZwickyBefore the advent of animals with segmented bodies, jointed skeletons, and appendages, the seas were dominated by soft-bodied <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>invertebrates</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>Invertebrates are animals that do not have a backbone. They make up the majority of the animal kingdom and include animals such as insects, worms,…

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Horses were likely the first “vehicle” humans used to travel faster and farther, but when exactly did we start riding them? Scientists at the University of Helsinki have now found archeological evidence that suggests horseback riding started some 5,000 years ago.The bond between humans and horses has remained strong for millennia, but the evidence for when it all started is still patchy. The earliest unequivocal evidence for domesticated horses dates back to around 2000 BCE, after horses were found buried with chariots in…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in the U.S., working with members of The Anson Street African Burial Ground Project, have discovered some of the history behind some of the enslaved people buried in 18th century Charleston, South Carolina—home to one of the busiest slave ports in American history. …

37 skeletons without heads; here are two of them lying on their fronts. How, when, and why the heads were removed is still unclear to the scientists. Credit: Dr. Till Kühl, Institute for Pre- and Protohistoric Archaeology/Kiel University During this year's excavation in Vráble, Slovakia, archaeologists from the Collaborative Research Center (CRC) 1266 of Kiel University (CAU) and the Archaeological Institute of the Slovak…

A child looks at a halloween costume on the rack. At the Target department store in Exeter Township Tuesday afternoon for a story on halloween costumes.Ben Hasty | Medianews Group | Getty ImagesIn the past few weeks, Craig Cislo dug out the spray-painted tombstones from his attic, scoured websites for a giant animated reaper and convinced his teenage son to dress as a bush to spook trick-or-treaters.Cislo, 43, of Dallas, plans to spend about $700 for Halloween to step up his family's front yard decorations. He has noticed…

NEW FOR 2022 Home Depot 12ft Hovering Witch Life Size Animatronic Halloween Prop‘Tis the season to go big or go home with your yard decor, and The Home Depot is delivering another towering terror with an animated witch who appears to be floating 12-feet above the ground. In reality,she’s held up there by the supporting broom in her hand, but the effect is convincing, and made even more terrifying with animated LCD eyes, LED lights illuminating her face, and a moving jaw synced to several different spoken scripts. The…