Demikiev β€’ Dekay18h ago
Sometimes death comes before life
And love still blooms as it should have πŸͺ·πŸ€

Skulls of stillborn sheltie dog and foetus teckel dog 🐢

#nature #vultureculture #osteology #skullcollector #skullcollection #oddities #curiosity #skulls #animalskulls
Public Domain Image ArchiveMar 19

Illustration by Edouard Joseph d’Alton, from Die vergleichende Osteologie (1821–1838).

Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/968437c7-7fca-48a0-ad2e-244ab669b6b8

#anatomy #animals #zoology #bones #skeletons #osteology #creatures #skulls #art #publicdomain

Doktor Overcomma Mar 17
A minotaur (bull on top, man below) has four limbs, while a centaur (man on top, horse below) has six limbs, and thus the proof that a horse has two more limbs than a bull does.
#osteology #algebra #numerology
Public Domain Image ArchiveMar 10

Illustration by Edouard Joseph d’Alton, from Die vergleichende Osteologie (1821–38).

Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/d658a1d8-0149-4bd0-8c13-29107f152eff

#anatomy #animals #zoology #bones #ostriches #birds #skeletons #osteology #creatures #skulls #art #publicdomain

Scientific FrontlineMar 6
Collectin-11 is an immune protein traditionally known for defending against infection that has now been discovered to play a critical role in maintaining healthy bones by supporting normal bone remodeling.
#Immunology #MolecularBiology #Osteology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/03/imgy03062601.html
Immune protein found to play a key role in maintaining bone health

Collectin-11 has an important role in the immune response.

Public Domain Image ArchiveFeb 25

Illustration by Edouard Joseph d’Alton, from Die vergleichende Osteologie (1821–38).

Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/50e64b95-a12b-44a1-ac0d-9ac709a1d24a

#anatomy #animals #zoology #seals #bones #skeletons #osteology #creatures #skulls #art #publicdomain

Public Domain Image ArchiveFeb 21

Illustration by Edouard Joseph d’Alton, from Die vergleichende Osteologie (1821–38).

Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/f83aa4af-46ee-4b34-84cc-3a574ef4fafd

#anatomy #animals #zoology #bones #skeletons #osteology #creatures #skulls #art #publicdomain

Anthropology.netFeb 17
Two Neolithic communities, 4km apart, genetically related β€” and radically different ideas about how gender should be marked in life and death. New bioarchaeology from Hungary is genuinely strange. #Bioarchaeology #Neolithic #Osteology https://www.anthropology.net/p/what-two-neolithic-cemeteries-in
What Two Neolithic Cemeteries in Hungary Tell Us About How Gender Gets Made

Bones and burials from the same microregion, 500 years apart, tell a surprisingly complicated story

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Demikiev β€’ DekayJan 30
Ivory ruins
Forgotten architectures
I follow every line
Gaze into every suture
And I see the life that was
Death : its memento πŸ›οΈ

My collection from some time ago. It has now grown πŸ¦΄πŸ’€

#vultureculture #skullcollection #skullcollector #osteology #curiosity #oddities #nature #skulls #bones
Anthropology.netDec 19
Hands tell a longer story of human growth than textbooks admit. New research shows metacarpal bones keep thickening well into late adolescence, reshaping how anthropologists define maturity. #BioAnth #HumanEvolution #Osteology https://www.anthropology.net/p/when-bones-keep-growing-what-adolescent
When Bones Keep Growing: What Adolescent Hands Reveal About Human Development

Why the skeleton refuses to follow the neat timelines in our textbooks

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