Word: skeletonization
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...detailed scientific study of the Laetoli hominid fossils confirmed that they belonged to a new hominid species, best represented by the 3.2 million-year-old Lucy skeleton I had discovered four years earlier at Hadar, Ethiopia. When I presented these findings in May 1978 at a Nobel symposium in Sweden, Mary had already agreed to be one of the coauthors on the scientific paper defining the new species, Australopithecus afarensis. A few months later, however, when the paper was being printed, she cabled me demanding removal of her name. I respected her wishes and had the title page redone. Like...
Richard, meanwhile, continued his rise to prominence. Fossil finds such as the astonishingly complete 1.6 million-year-old skeleton of an African Homo erectus (Homo ergaster to some) and the Black Skull have added immeasurably to our knowledge of human origins. His career benefited from best-selling books, a television series on human evolution and popular lecture tours...
Women, more than men, experience a significant change in their bones in later life. In postmenopausal women, the skeleton becomes less dense, full of perforations caused by osteoporosis. The reason for the difference: less estrogen after menopause. The hormone slows down bone loss and builds up bone as well. Women past menopause who have estrogen-replacement therapy can prevent as much as 75% of their bone degradation and cut their risk of a hip fracture...
...gender (probably male). He'll also look for evidence of disease, malnutrition or developmental abnormalities as well as wounds, broken limbs or signs of hard labor and such status symbols as a deliberately shaped head or filed teeth. The absence of lavish body ornaments, the position of the skeleton's hand (which was belatedly found behind its back, as if the arms had been tied) and the location of the burial chamber all suggest to Sugiyama that the individual was bound and sacrificed. "We thought [the skeleton] might be a ruler or a person of high status...
ANDREA DORFMAN was uncovering the past in two stories she reported for this week's issue: one on an ancient skeleton found in South Africa, the other on the ruins of Teotihuacan in Mexico. "So much information is still unknown about who we are and where we came from," says Dorfman, who counts archeology as one of her passions. "As long as researchers continue to find information that adds to our understanding, I think people will be fascinated." The head reporter for TIME's science sections, Dorfman joined us in 1985 after working at a scientific magazine with Michael Lemonick...