bones were discovered last month when a pool company started digging in a yard in riverton. they were about 6 feet in the ground. remains were taken to the state police forensic lab. there was autotomiesing. diana has been working as a an throw follow goodies for 30 years. >> basically putting a puzzle together. >> reporter: when they excavated the remains she was able to determine it could be more than 100 years old. >> they are very fragile. we have roots growing through the bones and through the dirt that is surrounding the body. >> reporter: and once donna finishes sifting through the dirt she will put bones together in hopes of getting as close to this as possible. >> and then determine, if i can the age of the individual or individuals, the sex of the individuals, their ancestors, their height. >> reporter: if the bones are for more than one body it could be hard to match them up that may be impossible to tell with the doing dna if you are able to get death na off these bones. >> reporter: people living next door are making no bones bit, they want to know more about th

you late last month a set of skeletal remains were found by a couple that were building a pool in riverton. >>reporter:danna fontana andy reid throughropology specialistd human remains. >> i have cranium and ribs and vertebrae. i have quite a number of bones. it's just piecing them together. >> she has a jawbone with the teeth intact. it raised concerns initially. they do not believe that foul play was involved. >> the investigators are telling us the bones are fairly old. we don't believe it to be a criminal investigation. >> very important to determine whether i have more than one person. >>reporter:the work is slow and tedious. the bones may have been underground for 50 or 100 years or more. they are so fragile you see from the white break points they were damaged durin during the dig. >>reporter:i am nora muchanic "channel~6 action news." >>> time for the update on the commute home. >>> matt pelman has more. >>> rick and monica we are trying to get home on this monday afternoon. its taking forever. like 42. since then we had a vehicle broke down in the northbound lanes at creek road ta

a contractor found those remains in late october while installing a swimming pool in riverton. remains were 6 feet underground. they have been taken to the state police forensics lab and experts believe they could be more than a century old. >> these are very fragile. you have roots growing through the bones and through the dirt that's surrounding the body. >> experts will try to piece those bones together as best they can, then try to determine the age, sex and ancestry and also possibly obtain dna. >>> now to an amazing discovery in rush sharks the remains of a woolly mammoth produced the only intact mammoth brain known to science. these remains were discovered four years ago but researchers are just now getting a look at the brain. the animal is believed to have died 39,000 years ago. researchers say this finding allows them to learn much more about mammoth behaviors. >> wow. >> pretty cool. >> yeah. >> okay, this is pretty cool, too, as long as you're not the guy on the other side of the camera. we know that a roommate grabbed his camera when he saw his buddy in the middle

contractors found those remains in late october while installing a new pool, at a home on bank avenue in riverton. the remains were about 6 feet underground, they were taken to the state police forensic lab and experts now believe they could be more than a century old. >> remains are fragile. we have roots growing through bones and dirt surrounding the body. >> well, experts will try to piece bones together as best they can to determine the age, sex, and ancestry plus obtained dna. >>> well, happy birthday to the united states marine core celebrating number # 239 today in south philadelphia. >> this was a chance meeting at this celebration that was almost 70 years in the making. steve paterson has that story. >> reporter: birthday party unlike any other. south philadelphia celebration of sem per fi. >> i knew the marine core hyme which i was in the womb. >> reporter: this tribute and military tailgate has been held here outside cookies tavern. but on this monday the core's 239th birthday, something even more special happened. >> d dave. >> it was one of the worst battles marine core ever had. >>

anthropologist says the bones were discovered two weeks ago in riverton but they appear to be one hadn't dread years old. scientists say they need more skull bones to determine the sex or even ancestry. based on what was found, officials do not suspect any foul play. >> we have teeth. so that's always a good thing. and we have part of the lower jaw. the teeth are in good condition. there are no restorations. no silver restorations, and so that may be an indicator for us that it's also not a forensic case. >> the bones were found about 6 feet down in a hole by contractors installing a pool. >>> knives, brass knuckles even exercise equipment all seized by the tsa at philadelphia international airport. the crazy things officials say they caught passengers trying to take on planes. >> and time is running out for a local food bank struggling to put food on the table for people in need. every little bit will help and we've got how you can do it. ♪ >> okay. tonight the story is about the quarterback. who better to talk to than form her eagles quarterback donovan mcnabb now in our business is mo

an anthropologist says the bones discovered a couple of weeks ago in riverton appear to be 100 yearsts say they need more skull bones to determine the sex or even ancestry based on what was found though officials do not suspect any foul play. the remains were found about 6 feet down in a hole by contractors installing a pool. >> one of those old sayings was it's better to look good than to feel good. fernando from saturday night live and billy crystal's character that said you look marvelous by now most of us know better than that. >> as joyce evans shows us how much your body has aged compared to your calendar years can be very different. your actual aging process or fitness age might shock you. ♪ report. >> i would say a good like 75 to 80% of the day i'm kind of in my office. >> reporter: designing fabric for high-end department stores and hotels barely leaving her desk even for lunch. >> i'll just grab something and take it to my desk and eat it. >> reporter: rapidly packing on the pounds and more. >> yeah, like i wasn't handling stress in the best way that i could. >> reporter: