The human skeleton has 206 bones.
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How Did This Soldier 'Grow' an Ear on Her Forearm?When this soldier lost her left ear in a car crash, Army surgeons helped her grow a new one — on her forearm.
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Aw, Shucks: How Oysters Gave One Man a Rare Bacterial InfectionA rare oyster-shucking hazard.
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Knife-Armed Man Leaves World's Coolest SkeletonLosing a hand should have killed him. Instead, it made him an even bigger badass.
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This Medieval Mother Had a Gruesome 'Coffin Birth' After Medieval Brain SurgeryA chilling skeleton in Italy shows a mother who gave birth after she and her baby were already dead.
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No, It's Not an Alien — Here's What That Tiny, Pointy-Headed Skeleton Really IsScientists have decoded a genetic explanation for an "alien" skeleton.
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Can You Turn Fat into Muscle?Simply put, your body can't turn fat into muscle. And the reverse is also true: Your body can't turn muscle into fat, either. Here's why.
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Looted Skeleton Could Be Among the Oldest in the AmericasBy analyzing what's left of an ice age grave site, researchers determined that a human skeleton could be up to 13,000 years old, making it "one of the oldest human skeletons from America."
