ScienceAugust 15, 2026
osteology
os-tee-OL-uh-jee
Definition
The scientific study of bones and the structure of the skeleton.
Etymology
Derived from the Greek words 'osteon' (bone) and 'logia' (study of), the term entered English in the early 19th century to describe the anatomical study of skeletal systems.
In the news
The article uses the term to describe the traditional method of identifying animal species by examining the physical shape and structure of individual bone fragments.
In a Norwegian cave in 2025, scientists found 75,000-year-old bones of polar bears, walruses, and bowhead whales — and the remains of a species of lemming now extinct in Europe that had never been found in Scandinavia before
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