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osteology

[os-tee-ol-uh-jee] / ˌɒs tiˈɒl ə dʒi /


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The study combined osteology, the study of bones, with advanced genetic analysis.

From Science Daily Jul. 5, 2026

Experts in fields ranging from fine art, osteology, computer tomology, and craniofacial reconstruction worked together to create the likenesses from two mummies acquired abroad and brought to Baltimore more than a century ago.

From Seattle Times Nov. 8, 2018

He holds a plastic skull in his hand, quizzing another student, Lauren Glick, for an osteology exam.

From National Geographic Jul. 29, 2016

He had majored in anthropology and taken a class in osteology, as well as the three-week class in forensics.

From New York Times Jun. 30, 2016

The labors of Cuvier in comparative osteology, and of Lamarck in recent and fossil shells, had raised these departments of study to a rank of which they had never previously been deemed susceptible.

From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir




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