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...reattached if Jessie was to recover with some semblance of normal use of his arm. While De Campos prepared the stump, Rogers marked the corresponding veins, arteries and nerves with sutures on the severed arm. First, De Campos shortened the arm even more, taking away about an inch of bone so that the stump would hold a plate to keep the limb in place. She clamped the bones together--two screws in the stump, two at the overlap and two more...
...cashier who informs you that backpacks are not allowed inside, but you can obtain a free token (which makes no sense to anyone) and stash your stuff in a locker. Be prepared to spend at least five minutes trying to jam your backpack into a tiny, five-square-inch space. And if you can’t fit it? Leave it sitting outside and hope for the best, wallet...
...unlike a chimp or any of the other modern apes that amble along on four limbs, kadabba almost certainly walked upright much of the time. The inch-long toe bone makes that clear. Two-legged primates (modern humans included) propel themselves forward by leaving the front part of their foot on the ground and lifting the heel. This movement, referred to as toeing off, causes the bones in the middle of the foot to take on a distinctive shape--a shape that is readily apparent in the ancient toe bone. "If you compare a chimp's foot bones with...
Police said the suspect, a six foot two inch tall black male with a muscular build, short cropped hair and puffy cheeks, intended to rape the victim, but her screams scared him away...
Police said the suspect, a six foot two inch tall black male with a muscular build, short cropped hair and puffy cheeks, intended to rape the victim, but her screams scared him away...