Genetic, morphological, and chemical studies have identified the two infants from the 31,000-year-old double grave on the Wachtberg in Krems, Lower Austria, as identical twins and have determined how long they survived. An international team of researchers with participation from the Austrian Academy of Sciences has reported the findings in the journal Nature Communications Biology.

A Wisconsin couple has three sets of twins, all born on the same day! There’s never a dull moment

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Twins Abigail and Micaela Bachinskiy were born conjoined. Thanks for a marathon effort by UC Davis Health surgeons, the two will be able to live their already remarkable lives separately.
Nine-month-old conjoined twins Abigail and Micaela Bachinskiy are recovering at UC Davis Children’s Hospital after surgeons successfully separated them in a marathon surgery on Oct. 24 and 25.

IN THE PANTHEON OF ULTRAMARATHONS—GRUELING, absurdly long-distance runs—the Comrades Marathon is one of the oldest, and among the most famous. Celebrating its 90th year this past May, the race takes these masochistic athletes over a 90-kilometer (56.1-mile) jaunt along South Africa’s rugged coast, between Pietermaritzburg to Durban.