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The procedure involved placing new implants at the end of the thighbone and top of the shinbone with the computer's aid to ensure the knee was stable and balanced throughout the range of motion.

The team searched for lesions, or indicators of stress, on the shinbones of the pandemic victims.

To gauge the subjects’ physical condition at the time of death, the researchers looked for lesions on the shinbones that can reveal problems such as malnutrition, injury, or illness.

Human skull and shinbone fossils found in a Laos cave suggest modern humans arrived in mainland Southeast Asia up to 36,000 years earlier than thought.

Human shinbone chairs are coveted, as are rib-cage tables and bookshelves that use shoulder blades as dividers.