#ancient bones

This is scant on details, unfortunately. The book will undoubtedly give much more information. The Egyptians were doing this kind of surgery about a thousand years prior to this Graeco-Roman example. Just sayin’...

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I am in the process, well actually past the process, as the deed is done, but the process was selling my house and buying another one. The problem is that the other house has turned out to require far more repairs and work than I expected and the very real possibility of my not having enough money to fix the house is terrifying and imminent. So the dilemma. What to do?

The other thing is this is the first time in my long life that I find myself physically unable to do the some of the work required to repair the house. I am just too old now. It is really humbling and very frustrating. Having to rely on other stronger younger people (who I have to pay!) is weird.

I have spent the morning Googling where to buy plastic roof sheeting and planned to buy some, go to the house and begin repairs on the roof, which is leaking BADLY, right now. And there the problem of living in an unfamiliar country comes back to bite you in the ass. I don’t know exactly where to buy plastic roof lining and in Googling the terminology is unfamiliar. For example, if you Google ‘plastic roof lining’ an assortment of plastic roof SHEETING appears. I am, or course, using Google Translate so the literal meaning of words is subject to the latest whim of the resident AI.

So I am drinking coffee in my dressing gown feeling frustrated and a bit helpless.

This immobility won’t last, thank god, as something will come up and the resurrection of the leaking falling down house will take place in the end. I really do trust in my angels. Sometimes it is hard though. This is just one of those times.

I do have a plan for the roof. Having it professionally repaired is off the table as I don’t have the money. However, making a plan is what us South Africans are really good at and I have worked out a plan that should solve the leaking problem in the short term. Not a permanent fix but good enough to last till the dry summer season when the plan is to wrap the leaking areas in some sticky roof covering. This application requires a completely dry roof though so waiting till Summer is essential. It is currently Winter and the rainy season.

During construction of the Metro Purple Line extension, workers stumbled across the remains of an ancient elephant. The first discovery, made just before Thanksgiving, was of a 3-foot section of tusk fragments, as well as fragments of a mastodon tooth, found at a depth of 15 feet at the Wilshire and La Brea excavation site, said Metro spokesman Dave Sotero. Late afternoon Monday, a paleontological monitor hired to look out for bones and fossils came across a partial skull and tusks, believed to belong to an ancient elephant, Sotero said. The second discovery was made within about 10 feet of the first. The mammal fossils that were found are at least 10,000 years old and are from the ice age, Sotero said. Further analysis of the teeth will help paleontologists identify what type of ancient elephant it was, Sotero said.

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Armchair Fossil Hunters use Drone Photos to find Ancient Bones

Always dreamed of being a fossil hunter? Now’s your chance – and you don’t have to leave home.

A citizen science project called FossilFinder is asking volunteers to look through high-resolution photos of the Turkana basin in Kenya taken from drones and kites, with the hope that they will spot newly exposed fossils before they erode away.

Many early human fossils have been found in this desert region, including the famous 1.5-million-year-old hominin skeleton known as “Turkana Boy”. The first set of images, which cover a fossil hotspot to the east of Lake Turkana, cover only a tiny part of the region.

Assessing the photos involves checking the image quality, identifying rock types and then pinpointing any potential fossils or stone tools. There are plenty of photos to show you what to look for, and the website is simple to use.

Would-be fossil hunters can get started straight away – there is no need to register to use the site, but if you want credit for your discoveries, you can sign up. There’s also a forum, where volunteers can ask questions and get feedback on potential finds.

Fossil jackpot There is, of course, a chance that you could be the first to spot the bones of one of our distant relatives – any promising-looking finds will be followed up on the ground.

But the most common fossils are things such as root casts, snails and fish vertebrae. Spotting them matters too: the main aim of the project, which was set up by the Turkana Basin Institute in Kenya and the University of Bradford, UK, is to get a better understanding of the geology and the past environment.

Dinosaur fans will have to wait, however. Although some rocks in the Turkana basin date back to the dinosaur era, there are no plans to put pictures of them online just yet.