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berry90 t1_itcprnq wrote

Reply to comment by Quantentheorie in Human 'bog bones' discovered at Stone Age campsite in Germany by wishywashy9101

I remember going to a museum when I was younger where they had a skeleton on display. They had a little video display with an actor portraying the skeleton.

It was interesting because it seems that the person died from a head injury. It could have been an assault, it could have been a fall. We'll never know. Just another human story lost to time, kind of. We have the body, and we can make assumptions from the burial, but we'll never really know.

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skyblueandblack t1_itd4vjl wrote

At the La Brea Tar Pits, there's a display case with the bones of a woman that was discovered there. It's a holographic display, though, so as you move past it, you see her how she might have looked thousands of years ago.

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xiaorobear t1_itd7b0e wrote

Just a funny little trivia fact, "la brea" means "the tar," so writing out the La Brea Tar Pits is like writing 'the the tar tar pits.'

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NakatasCat t1_itd89hl wrote

The Los Angeles Angels

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Odie_Odie t1_itemgxb wrote

The Angels Angels of Anaheim. They were the Anaheim Angels seventeen years ago, what an unfortunate change.

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SillyFlyGuy t1_itdces6 wrote

Just around the corner from The La Brea Tar Pits is an automatic ATM machine where you use your personal PIN number.

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MrWhite t1_ite70y1 wrote

"Boys Entering Anarchistic States Towards Inner Excellence" Boys

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Holychilidog t1_itfqsos wrote

Ah yes, the plaque pits it is. The place is bad for your teeth.

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FunkrusherPlus t1_itfjxpy wrote

There are ways forensic anthropologists and osteologists can determine cause of death by studying other details of the skeleton. Even old ancient ones.

ie. If there’s an injury on the skull and also damaged bones in the arms and hands, one can determine that the person was assaulted and died. If there’s an injury on the skull and fractured spine but no signs of struggle it’s possible the person died falling off a horse. These are overly simplified examples — the experts can take a million things into account just by studying the bones and come to solid conclusions with evidence to back it up.

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