This earlier misstep spurred greater attention on the Ushikawa fossils, ultimately leading to their reclassification as bear bones. The discovery means that the oldest confirmed human fossils on Japan ...

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A study has found that what scientists thought were the oldest human fossils found in Japan are the bones of a brown bear. Image: Monument to Ushikawa man. Credits: Public Domain, via Wikimedia ...

But in the new study, a visual examination and computed tomography (CT) scan revealed that the supposed human humerus was probably the radius bone from the forearm of a brown bear (Ursus arctos ...

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The Chase enthusiasts were left utterly gobsmacked by the youthful looks of a contestant, causing quite a stir on social media. On Tuesday's episode (January 14), host Bradley Walsh welcomed four ...

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According to pharmaceutical scientist and author of Your Best Skin Hannah Collingwood English, reproducing a formula can be easy, as it is possible for a formulation chemist to “reverse engineer ...