skeleton
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However, they did not recover any additional bones that could clearly be matched to a full skeleton.
From Science Daily • May 1, 2026
Twenty-five years ago, I might have said you need to add an economic skeleton to your views.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
A 120,000-year-old deer skeleton, also discovered in Germany, shows a spear wound where the pelvic bone was thinnest, suggesting that the hunter knew exactly where to aim.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
A baby boy whose skeleton was found beneath floorboards could have died up to 300 years ago, an inquest has heard, adding more mystery to what happened to him.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
Exhausted and free beats resting in the bowels of a skeleton ship, you get me?
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
Vocabulary lists containing skeleton
Life Science: Human Systems
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Life Science: Human Anatomy and Physiology
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