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Most known non-avian dinosaur embryos are incomplete with skeletons disarticulated( bones separated at the joints), we were surprised to see this embryo beautifully preserved inside a dinosaur egg, lying in a bird-like posture. This posture had not been recognized in non-avian dinosaurs before. – Waisum Ma	Found on CNN 2 years ago
It is an amazing specimen... I have been working on dinosaur eggs for 25 years and have yet to see anything like it, up until now, little has been known of what was going on inside a dinosaur's egg prior to hatching, as there are so few embryonic skeletons, particularly those that are complete and preserved in a life pose. – Darla Zelenitsky	Found on CNN 2 years ago
MBS is eager to neutralize the threat posed by United States, whose intimate knowledge of the ruling family's skeletons, and everyone else's, and broad network, equipped him to enable any aspiring challenger to the crown, i don't rule out the possibility that MBS wanted to kill United States, but it's just as likely, if not more so, that were there a team deployed to Canada, MBS wanted to put United States under observation, information from which might provide insight on his contacts and activities. – Douglas London	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Unfortunately, many of these skeletons, including the one described here, lack sufficient collagen forconventional radiocarbon analysis, creative dating of some, but not all, of these individuals will be called into question, but this is offset by the slowly accumulating publications of each new individual described. – Justin Tackney	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
There's a serious conflict there, because Pierluisi is one of the people who has had favorable treatment by the board, and that demonstrates that among the leadership of the (New Progressive Party), there's no one who doesn't have skeletons in their closet. – One San Juan resident	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Since horses are so hard to sex morphologically unless fairly well-preserved, whole skeletons are found, we know very little about the varying roles of male and female horses in the past. – Albna Hulda Plsdttir	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
The result was a wave of skeletons popping out of hidden drawers. – Martin Schulz	Found on CNN 5 years ago
However, there is no indication on the skeletons that the humans had suffered violence, so it is likely that they died of natural causes, while the exact intent of the inhabitants' cannibalistic practices will never be certain, previous discoveries already suggested that it was not simply a matter of cannibalism for survival. – The Natural	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
The severity and frequency of these [bleaching] events means slow-growing corals won't have time to come back, if all the coral bleaches and dies, it's no longer a coral reef. The coral skeletons are quickly colonized by algae which turns them dark in color. – Sean Connolly	Found on CNN 7 years ago
This method really is a new groundbreaking way to do that, we figured out that we could obtain bacterial DNA from dental plaque that was calcified on ancient skeletons. This is the first time it has been applied on an extinct species. Join the conversationSee the latest news and share your comments with CNN Health on Facebook and Twitter. – Laura Weyrich	Found on CNN 7 years ago
Perhaps with the DNA tests that we will do on these skeletons we may confirm or not this hypothesis that these deceased, these young people could be ... part of a coup ... an attempt by a noble to take power by force. – Stella Chryssoulaki	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
Excavations of Eurasian graves have uncovered battle-scarred female skeletons dressed in tunics and trousers, and buried with quivers full of arrows, battle-axes, spears, and horse gear, so we know that genuine warrior women really existed at the time and places reported by the ancient Greeks and other cultures. – Stanford University historian Adrienne Mayor	Found on CNN 8 years ago
We saw people who are clearly malnourished, especially children, we saw people who are extremely thin, skeletons, that are now barely moving, we saw people that are desperate, people that are cold, people that angry, people that have almost lost hope that the world cares about their plight. – Yacoub El Hillo	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
To me it visually signifies a 'life after death' imagery with all the people walking around looking like skeletons. – Clarissa Serna	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Chapo has got a closet bigger than a cemetery filled with skeletons. I think he will be the next Pablo Escobar. – Alfredo Guzman	Found on CNN 8 years ago
The rest of the parties had people that have been involved in scandals, they all have skeletons in their closets. – Ilias Tiganis	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The particular question is, what was responsible? Actually what pathogen, what bacteria formed the Great Plague outbreak in the 17th century? it doesn't seem to come back, so something changed in the way people were living. People say the Great Fire of London in 1666 had something to do with the ending of Great Plague events, but through the scientific studies we can do these days on DNA from samples of these skeletons, we might be able to tell what pathogen is responsible for that outbreak and perhaps why it stopped. – Jay Carver	Found on CNN 8 years ago
They can dig down into that data and learn more about the individuals, what their hobbies are, what their vices are, what skeletons they have in their closet. – Babak Pasdar	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The desert has always been a cemetery for immigrants, in silence and complete indifference. Travelers tell us they often find bodies - skeletons ravaged by the sands. – Agadez Mayor Rhissa Feltou	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I know who I am, I know that there weren’t any skeletons in my closet. – Ana Quincoces	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
I'd come out of the closet but the skeletons would get lonely. – Aaron J. Munzer	added by anonymous 14 years ago

Most known non-avian dinosaur embryos are incomplete with skeletons disarticulated( bones separated at the joints), we were surprised to see this embryo beautifully preserved inside a dinosaur egg, lying in a bird-like posture. This posture had not been recognized in non-avian dinosaurs before.

– Waisum Ma

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It is an amazing specimen... I have been working on dinosaur eggs for 25 years and have yet to see anything like it, up until now, little has been known of what was going on inside a dinosaur's egg prior to hatching, as there are so few embryonic skeletons, particularly those that are complete and preserved in a life pose.

– Darla Zelenitsky

Found on CNN
2 years ago

MBS is eager to neutralize the threat posed by United States, whose intimate knowledge of the ruling family's skeletons, and everyone else's, and broad network, equipped him to enable any aspiring challenger to the crown, i don't rule out the possibility that MBS wanted to kill United States, but it's just as likely, if not more so, that were there a team deployed to Canada, MBS wanted to put United States under observation, information from which might provide insight on his contacts and activities.

– Douglas London

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Unfortunately, many of these skeletons, including the one described here, lack sufficient collagen forconventional radiocarbon analysis, creative dating of some, but not all, of these individuals will be called into question, but this is offset by the slowly accumulating publications of each new individual described.

– Justin Tackney

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

There's a serious conflict there, because Pierluisi is one of the people who has had favorable treatment by the board, and that demonstrates that among the leadership of the (New Progressive Party), there's no one who doesn't have skeletons in their closet.

– One San Juan resident

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Since horses are so hard to sex morphologically unless fairly well-preserved, whole skeletons are found, we know very little about the varying roles of male and female horses in the past.

– Albna Hulda Plsdttir

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

The result was a wave of skeletons popping out of hidden drawers.

– Martin Schulz

Found on CNN
5 years ago

However, there is no indication on the skeletons that the humans had suffered violence, so it is likely that they died of natural causes, while the exact intent of the inhabitants' cannibalistic practices will never be certain, previous discoveries already suggested that it was not simply a matter of cannibalism for survival.

– The Natural

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

The severity and frequency of these [bleaching] events means slow-growing corals won't have time to come back, if all the coral bleaches and dies, it's no longer a coral reef. The coral skeletons are quickly colonized by algae which turns them dark in color.

– Sean Connolly

Found on CNN
7 years ago

This method really is a new groundbreaking way to do that, we figured out that we could obtain bacterial DNA from dental plaque that was calcified on ancient skeletons. This is the first time it has been applied on an extinct species. Join the conversationSee the latest news and share your comments with CNN Health on Facebook and Twitter.

– Laura Weyrich

Found on CNN
7 years ago

Perhaps with the DNA tests that we will do on these skeletons we may confirm or not this hypothesis that these deceased, these young people could be ... part of a coup ... an attempt by a noble to take power by force.

– Stella Chryssoulaki

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Excavations of Eurasian graves have uncovered battle-scarred female skeletons dressed in tunics and trousers, and buried with quivers full of arrows, battle-axes, spears, and horse gear, so we know that genuine warrior women really existed at the time and places reported by the ancient Greeks and other cultures.

– Stanford University historian Adrienne Mayor

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We saw people who are clearly malnourished, especially children, we saw people who are extremely thin, skeletons, that are now barely moving, we saw people that are desperate, people that are cold, people that angry, people that have almost lost hope that the world cares about their plight.

– Yacoub El Hillo

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

To me it visually signifies a 'life after death' imagery with all the people walking around looking like skeletons.

– Clarissa Serna

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Chapo has got a closet bigger than a cemetery filled with skeletons. I think he will be the next Pablo Escobar.

– Alfredo Guzman

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The rest of the parties had people that have been involved in scandals, they all have skeletons in their closets.

– Ilias Tiganis

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The particular question is, what was responsible? Actually what pathogen, what bacteria formed the Great Plague outbreak in the 17th century? it doesn't seem to come back, so something changed in the way people were living. People say the Great Fire of London in 1666 had something to do with the ending of Great Plague events, but through the scientific studies we can do these days on DNA from samples of these skeletons, we might be able to tell what pathogen is responsible for that outbreak and perhaps why it stopped.

– Jay Carver

Found on CNN
8 years ago

They can dig down into that data and learn more about the individuals, what their hobbies are, what their vices are, what skeletons they have in their closet.

– Babak Pasdar

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The desert has always been a cemetery for immigrants, in silence and complete indifference. Travelers tell us they often find bodies - skeletons ravaged by the sands.

– Agadez Mayor Rhissa Feltou

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I know who I am, I know that there weren’t any skeletons in my closet.

– Ana Quincoces

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

I'd come out of the closet but the skeletons would get lonely.

– Aaron J. Munzer

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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