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The oldest skull surgery in North America dates back a staggering 3,000 years, new research has found.
The oldest skull surgery in North America dates back a staggering 3,000 years, new research has found.
March is women's history month and Las Vegas has a long history of female trailblazers. From human rights to politics, entertainment to gaming. Women in this state didn't always get the headlines but they did get the job done.
There are programs out there that helps single moms. Some help children of single moms. The Jeremiah Program works to help both at the same time.
Analysis of a prehistoric man's skull found a hole in his forehead, according to bioarchaeologist Diana Simpson from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Even by modern standards, performing skull surgery on a living person is considered a complicated procedure, which is why it might be surprising to learn that the oldest known case of skull surgery in human history occurred 13,000 years ago in Northern Africa. To give you some perspective, that's more than twice as old as the pyramids built by ancient Egyptians over 4,500 years ago. The Egyptians themselves were known to have performed skull surgery around 4,000 years ago.
Bone regrowth suggests a man survived having a hole scraped out of his forehead
U.S. News & World Report recognized 23 UNLV programs, including 13 from the William S. Boyd School of Law, in its annual list of top graduate and professional schools.
Demographic surveys given to teenagers at schools and intake forms handed out at doctors’ offices don’t offer options that match the ways many adolescents now define their gender identity and sexual orientation, according to new research published on March 21 in the journal Pediatrics.
The U.S. Supreme Court appears poised to overturn Roe v. Wade this summer with a ruling that would erode federal protections for abortion rights established nearly 50 years ago, refueling the polarizing debate in many of Nevada’s most competitive races.
Hundreds have filed. That, in itself, is what got political expert Fred Lokken's attention. Lokken is the chair of the political science department at Truckee Meadows Community College near Reno.
Most people experience conversations and see images in their minds, though the mechanics have proven difficult to nail down.
