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Written in Bone Show Me

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Those of you that received papers back from Wiegand are free to use them on this. 

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Question 1

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What valuable information can be obtained by analyzing the bones of an individual?

Preferred mode of transportation

Cause of death

Favorite food choices

Favorite color

Question 2

2.

How do forensic anthropologists determine the sex of an individual from skeletal remains?

By examining the teeth

By measuring the length of the arms

By measuring the length of the arms

By studying the size and shape of the pelvic bones

Question 3

3.

How do forensic anthropologists determine the ancestry of an individual from skeletal remains?

By measuring the length of the legs

By examining the teeth

By studying the size and shape of the skull

By analyzing the growth rings in the bones

Question 4

4.

Scientists used many ways to determine how old JR1225B was when he died.

the color of the hair

the long bone

the jaw

their teeth

the eye sockets

Question 5

5.

Describe soil stains.

Question 6

6.

Why have historians and scientists always been interested in Jamestown?

Question 7

7.

Explain what all was in the grave with the captain.