This year has seen a number of advances in the field of bioarchaeology, the study of ancient human bones, as well as plenty of interesting case studies that show us that people in the past were not that unlike us. In reviewing some of the top themes and stories of this past year, it becomes clear that researchers are getting better and better at understanding people and events that weren’t written down in history, by making bones spill their secrets. Here are some of the top stories that interested me this year:

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