UNIT 11: CH 13: FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY
Bones are being made throughout your entire life. They are formed from bone cells called osteoblasts. When you are born, you have more bones in your body than you do as an adult, some need to fuse together as you grow to form the 206 bones that adults have.
Bones give a lot of information about the deceased. They can tell you gender, race, age, general health, and height just by visual inspection and calculation. As forensic anthropologists study the remains of victims, they create an osteobiography or a record of a persons life as told through their bones. They do this to help determine what happened to the victim before and/or after death.
Bones give a lot of information about the deceased. They can tell you gender, race, age, general health, and height just by visual inspection and calculation. As forensic anthropologists study the remains of victims, they create an osteobiography or a record of a persons life as told through their bones. They do this to help determine what happened to the victim before and/or after death.