human remains
Americanplural noun
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They added in a statement that "it was Gunther von Hagens' own wish to make his body available for plastination after his death", referring to his technique of preserving human remains.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
Separately, work is under way to identify human remains at a base in Jordan after a missile struck the location this weekend, U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
In addition, U.S. officials were working Sunday to try to identify additional human remains found at the site in Jordan as a third servicemember remained missing following the attack.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
An international team of scientists examined ancient DNA from human remains recovered at four hunter-gatherer cemeteries near Lake Baikal in East Siberia.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 18, 2026
In his investigations among fossil skulls, her colleague Oliver Payne had discovered that around thirty thousand years ago a great increase had taken place in the number of shadow particles associated with human remains.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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