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  • s  used of older persons who are healthy

  • Most of the original rock clubs are gone, but Wildwood still has the biggest concentration of well-preserved, midcentury motels in the nation.
  • They flow in to sample Yugoslavia's sylvan beaches and well-preserved medieval towns.
  • on how he's managed, through a healthy diet among other things, to remain so well-preserved, Chicago Tribune, March 3, 1998 "Faced with these challenges and challenged with .
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  • The Proteomics of the Iceman's Death
    Just how Ötzi, the Tyrolean Iceman who died more than 5,300, met his demise isn't quite clear. His well-preserved body shows evidence of both an arrow wound to the shoulder and, more recently discovered, a blow to the head.
    June 11, 2013 - GenomeWeb News
  • Iceman mummy suffered head blow before death
    By Megan GannonLiveScienceOtzi the Iceman, Europe's oldest mummy, likely suffered a head injury before he died roughly 5,300 years ago, according to a new protein analysis of his brain tissue.Ever since a pair of hikers stumbled upon his astonishingly well-preserved frozen body in the Alps in 1991, Otzi has become one of the most-studied ancient human specimens. His face, last meal, clothing and ...
    June 10, 2013 - MSNBC
  • Oldest Well-Preserved Fossil Primate Found in China
    The fossil of an ancient primate found in China, Archicebus achilles, is the most well-preserved primate skeleton of its kind and one of the oldest yet discovered. It should fill in some much-needed blanks on the primate family tree and provide insight about our Eocene ancestors. A farmer uncovered the fossil in a lakebed in China's east-central Hubei Province a decade ago. Researchers used a ...
    June 6, 2013 - Discover
Quotes

  • Zahi Hawass in Forbes
    The lid of the wooden casket had excellent and well-preserved decorations ...... and the mummy's linen wrappings and the funerary drawings are still in their original condition,Hawass said.
  • Russell Ciochon in AFP
    This skull is well-preserved, and has all its teeth intact, and on the basis of this fossil we can say that this bear was a miniaturized version of the modern panda,said Ciochon.
  • Kim Alexis in Los Angeles Times
    The expression 'well-preserved' has become a compliment,Alexis says. "And unlike the 20-year-old girls on 'America's Next Top Model,' these women are more well-rounded and confident."

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