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Research roundup: Tattooed tardigrades and splash-free urinals

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Archaeologists find evidence of a Roman gladiator who encountered a wild animal in the arena, most likely a lion.

The skeleton in question was that of a young man, age 26 to 35 , buried between 200300 CE near what is now York , England .

The team compared the pelvic lesions found on the subject skeleton with bite marks from modern animal specimens.

The young man was decapitated after death for unknown reasons.

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