“How did they reach that conclusion? … If you eat a shrew whole, and excrete its bones, the bones will have specific hallmarks of human digestion, typified by the concentration of stomach acid and so on. In fact a scientific team won an Ig Nobel Prize in 2013 for studying what happens to shrew bones […]
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The which bone is connected backwards to the what bone?
Two stories of bones believed to be in backwards: old and new. (Thanks to investigator Lauren Maurer for bringing the new case to our attention.)
Analysis of the mystery bones
A package arrived here, at our offices in the US, from a man in Poland. The package contained a letter and several little collections of tiny bones. (Each little collection was wrapped in its own piece of paper, and contained, in addition to the bones, a tiny slip of paper with a few words written on […]
BONE WARS: The Game of Ruthless Paleontology
Love dinosaurs, or love the men who loved dinosaurs too well, or love games, or love a good fight, or love history? If you love any of those things, you may be predisposed to enjoy the game called Bone Wars. Here is the description given by the game’s inventors: BONE WARS: The Game of Ruthless Paleontology […]
Anatomy song of the day: Dem Bones
This week’s Anatomy Song of the Day is “Dem Bones”. Here is one of the many unusual performances. It’s from the movie “The Ruling Class”. Only a fragment of the song is sung, after a lengthy but eccentric exchange of expositions. The video below it shows a more traditional performance of the song. Below that, […]