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Death at Birth: The Earliest Known Prehistoric Twins

vvrj0 July 7, 2015

Imagine the scene… It’s the Neolitic (or New Stone Age) period and the place is an area that is now known as Irkutsk, Russia, one of the largest Siberian cities. A women is laid to rest in a grave and would not speak again until one day, almost 8,000 years later, her grave and her bones would […]

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Reconstructing The Past: Studio EIS (A Docu-Portrait)

Myeashea Alexander June 22, 2015

Originally published on Anthropology News Everyday Anthropology Myeashea Alexander Almost every weekend for over a year, I left NYC on a 6:30 am southbound bus to Washington, DC. When I arrived, I would quickly grab breakfast Read More

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Spain Finding the Dead

Myeashea Alexander January 18, 2015

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The 2014 Rockstar Anthro Year End Review!

Myeashea Alexander December 31, 2014

From the time I thought of starting this blog, I’ve had a few false starts, but 2014 was my first full year as ‘The Rockstar Anthropologist’ and it was AWESOME! Here a few of my Read More

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The Bones of Monsters: Mutants (Part 3)

Myeashea Alexander October 31, 2014

This is the last in my series on the The Bones of Monsters! When you think “mutant” do you think about ninja turtles or perhaps the sewer creatures of New New York? The term mutant Read More

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Can We Talk About That Bone Floating Around In Your

Myeashea Alexander October 20, 2014

There are about 206 (with some variation) bones in an adult human skeleton. As babies, we have about 270 soft bones, but as we grow and our bodies change, certain bones begin to go through a process Read More

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The Case of the Sausage Vat Murder and the Dissolved

Myeashea Alexander September 2, 2014

https://strangeremains.com/2014/08/31/the-case-of-the-sausage-vat-murder-and-the-dissolved-wife/Read More

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Forensic Anthropology: Bone Trauma

Myeashea Alexander May 26, 2014

I think one of the more interesting things that forensic anthropologist do is look at bone pathology. (Side note: I am biased. Skeletal pathology is my jam!) Pathology looks for abnormality- weird stuff. These abnormalities Read More

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Bone Pathology: Fused Joints

Myeashea Alexander May 24, 2014

This image shows a bony ankylosis (fusion) that has occurred at the right knee. This type of fusion can be the cause of many diseases or trauma in which bone remodeling Read More

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Bone Pathology: A Look at Osteosarcoma of the Skull

Myeashea Alexander May 23, 2014

“Osteosarcoma is an aggressive malignant neoplasm arising from primitive transformed cells of mesenchymal origin that exhibit osteoblastic differentiation and produce malignant osteoid.” That is a fancy way of saying BONE CANCER &Read More

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Laid To Rest- Part 4 of the Series on the

Myeashea Alexander March 3, 2014

By October 2003, the remains that were sent to Howard University, were ready to make their final journey.Read More

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Early NYC and The Robbers of the Grave (Archaeology of

Myeashea Alexander February 24, 2014

Note: As you read, learn and engage with this series of articles, there are some other themes that I encourage you to think about, and try to make connections to as you follow: The culture Read More

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New York's Slave Past: The History and Archaeology of the

Myeashea Alexander February 20, 2014

“New York City, 1741. A growing population of slaves and indentured white laborers had city authorities on edge. When a series of fires broke out in March and April, suspicion fell on a conspiracy of these Read More

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Mummies and Virility in the Afterlife

Myeashea Alexander September 20, 2012

The Presence of Genitalia on Ancient Egyptian Mummies In the summer of 2011, I was hired at Philadelphia’s Franklin Institute for a traveling exhibit called “Mummies of the World”. The traveling exhibition contained some of Read More

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Death at Birth: The Earliest Known Prehistoric Twins

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Reconstructing The Past: Studio EIS (A Docu-Portrait)

Spain Finding the Dead

The Bones of Monsters: Mutants (Part 3)

Can We Talk About That Bone Floating Around In Your

The Case of the Sausage Vat Murder and the Dissolved

Forensic Anthropology: Bone Trauma

Bone Pathology: Fused Joints

Bone Pathology: A Look at Osteosarcoma of the Skull

Mummies and Virility in the Afterlife

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