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RECENT work has emphasized the heterogeneous composition of compact bone. According to X-ray absorption, young osteons contain less calcium than the others 1. Histological methods indicate that the ...

LOS ALAMOS, N.M., April 2003 -- Often viewed as static support beams, human bones are in fact dynamic organs enmeshed in the network chatter--the complex information processing--that characterizes ...

Skeletal evidence of crucifixion, a practice the Romans used for centuries as punishment, is exceedingly rare. Five years ago, there was only one bone that experts agreed was likely from a crucified ...