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Ata is the common name given to the 6-inch (15 cm) long skeletal remains of a human fetus [1] [2] found in 2003 in the ghost town of La Noria, in the Atacama Desert of Chile. DNA analysis done in 2018 on the premature human fetus identified unusual mutations associated with dwarfism and scoliosis , though these findings were later disputed.
The Skeleton Coast is the northern part of the Atlantic coast of Namibia. Immediately south of Angola , it stretches from the Kunene River to the Swakop River , although the name is sometimes used to describe the entire Namib Desert coast.
Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival is a 2004 nonfiction book written by maritime historian Dean King. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is based on two of the survivors' journals, primarily Captain James Riley 's memoir Sufferings in Africa .
The most conspicuous fossils are the skeletons and bones of whales and sea cows, and over several hundred fossils of these have been documented. [9] Wādī al-Ḥītān (Whale Valley) is unusual in having such a large concentration of fossil whales (1500 marine vertebrate fossil skeletons) in a relatively small area.
Eve of Naharon (Spanish: Eva de Naharon) is the skeleton of a 20– to 25-year-old human female found in the Naharon section of the underwater cave Sistema Naranjal in Mexico [2] near the town of Tulum, around 80 miles (130 km) south west of Cancún. [3] The Naranjal subsystem is a part of the larger Sistema Ox Bel Ha. [4]
Eduard Bohlen was a ship that was wrecked on the Skeleton Coast of German Southwest Africa (now Namibia) on 5 September 1909 in a thick fog. The wreck currently lies in the sand 400 m (1,300 ft) from the shoreline.
LEFLORE COUNTY (KFSM) -- A LeFlore County family found a coffin with a real human skeleton inside of it in their barn near Panama on January 30th, deputies said. Authorities were called to the ...
The Gobero archaeological site, dating to approximately 8000 BCE, is the oldest known graveyard in the Sahara Desert. The site contains important information for archaeologists on how early humans adapted to a constantly changing environment. Gobero is located in the Ténéré desert of Niger, and is named after the Tuareg name for