anthropology
Modern Science Detects Disease in 400-Year-Old Embalmed Hearts
| Marie de Vera | | Dec 03, 2015 09:18 AM EST |
Archaeologist have discovered five heart-shaped urns made of lead which each contains an embalmed human heart in the foundation of a medieval convent in the French city of Rennes. Researchers used modern technology to study these old hearts, which have been buried for four centuries. It turns out three of them bore tell-tale signs of heart disease that are common today.
"Hottie" Homo Erectus Goes On Display in China
| David Perry | | Aug 18, 2014 02:58 PM EDT |
Museum curators in China are heralding the reconstructed features of a female homo erectus as some of the most alluring ever found in ancient humans.
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