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  2. Cold case solved: DNA helps identify skull found in wall as ...

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    A skull found in the wall of an Illinois home is that of a teenage girl who died from childbirth complications in 1866, officials announced in a news conference following a public fundraiser to ...

  3. DNA Analysis Solves Mystery Of Human Skull Found During Home ...

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    A woman’s skull was discovered inside the walls of a suburban Illinois home back in 1978, and now—almost 50 years later—we finally know her name. Esther Granger was identified by the Kane ...

  4. Skull found in wall of Illinois home belonged to teen who ...

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    Investigators have determined that a skull discovered in the wall of an Illinois home in 1978 was that of an Indiana teenager who died more than 150 years ago, authorities announced Thursday.

  5. Baboon - Wikipedia

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    Baboon Temporal range: 2.0–0 Ma Pre๊ž’ ๊ž’ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Early Pleistocene – Recent Olive baboon Yellow baboon calls recorded in Kenya Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Suborder: Haplorhini Infraorder: Simiiformes Family: Cercopithecidae Tribe: Papionini Genus: Papio Erxleben, 1777 Type species Papio ...

  6. Paleontology in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Paleontology has a long history in the State of Illinois, stretching at least as far back as the 1850s, when the first Mazon Creek fossils were being found. Early in the ensuing 20th century a Silurian age fossil reef system was discovered in the state.

  7. Taung - Wikipedia

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    In 1924, a skull (later named the Taung Child) was discovered by a quarry-worker in the nearby Buxton-limestone quarry. It was described by Raymond Dart in 1925 as the type specimen of Australopithecus africanus after he received a shipment of mostly fossil baboons, but also containing the skull and face of the child.

  8. Robert Kennicott - Wikipedia

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    Robert Kennicott (November 13, 1835 – May 13, 1866) was an American naturalist and herpetologist.Chronic illness kept Kennicott out of school as a child. Instead, Kennicott spent most of his time outdoors, collecting plants and animals.

  9. Skull found during home renovations in 1978 identified as ...

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    The skull of a teen from the 1800s was found 46 years ago during home renovations in Batavia, Illinois. With the help of advanced technology and DNA matches, the cold case has finally been solved.