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skeletal

[skel-i-tl] / ˈskɛl ɪ tl /


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Examination of the skeletal remains also found unusually high death rates during the earlier burial period, especially among children and young people.

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026

Low muscle mass was defined as a skeletal muscle mass index below 9.36 kg/m2 for men and below 6.73 kg/m2 for women.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

Now the creatures' skeletal remains appear to have been found in an Iron Age dig near Cordoba.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

The skeletal “Drum n Bass” is filled with lines about needing to seem tough when the outside world required it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

No art, bone tool, or anything else has come down to us from early Homo sapiens except for their skeletal remains, plus those crude stone tools.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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