The skeletal system comprises 206 bones and has two main parts: the axial skeleton and the appendicular skeleton. The skeletal system includes your bones, ligaments that attach bone to bone, and ...

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(CNN) — A skeleton recovered from an intriguing Roman-era cemetery in England may mark the first physical evidence of combat between gladiators and animals, according to new research. The ...

The skeleton, likely of a man who died between the ages of 26 and 35, shows bite marks on the pelvis from a big cat, which could have been a lion, archaeologists said in a new study published in ...

The research, published in PLOS One, presents compelling skeletal evidence of a human victim attacked by a large carnivorous animal, likely within the context of Roman-era spectacle combat.