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056 Ancestors with Professor Alice Roberts

The British Museum Membercast

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Anatomy and Old Bones

The skeleton of a man who died at the hands of an archer has been found in Wales. The remains are being studied by anatomists to see if they can diagnose disease and bones. It is possible that he was killed when his left knee cap fell off, but it's too early to know for sure. He also had two different sets of shoulder bones which may have been caused by over-use or even injury from playing with arrows. And there were other unusual features such as misshapen femurs on either side of his tibia - this could be due to him having eaten them during life. But now we're going to find out more about how these odd bones came to

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