While full-grown adults have 206 bones, babies are born with far more. Here's how many, and what happens to them.

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Romans kept dogs as pets, exemplified in this mosaic from the second or third century A.D. Some of the bones from the ritual deposit in Surrey may have belonged to domestic dogs, but it's unclear ...

In 2018, while excavating the T69 archaeological site in Tanzania's Olduvai Gorge, the research team discovered 27 tools made from hippo leg bones, including a hand axe made from elephant leg bones.

The collection, found in Tanzania’s Olduvai Gorge, provides the earliest evidence of deliberate bone tool-making by ancient hominins. Carved from the thick leg bones of elephants and hippos ...

The tools found in Olduvai Gorge were made from elephant and hippo leg bones, suggesting that hominins were selective in their choice of materials. These bones were likely chosen for their length and ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Early humans were regularly using animal bones to make cutting tools 1.5 million years ago. A newly discovered cache of 27 carved and sharpened bones from elephants and hippos ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. In this photo provided by the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), researcher Ignacio de la Torre holds ...

The well-preserved bone tools, measuring up to around 16 inches (40 centimeters), were likely made by breaking off the thick ends of leg bones and using a stone to knock off flakes from the ...

The well-preserved bone tools, measuring up to around 16 inches (40 centimeters), were likely made by breaking off the thick ends of leg bones and using a stone to knock off flakes from the remaining ...

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