There is a common saying that goes “dead men tell no tales.” Many forensic scientist and anthropologist would disagree with this saying. Anthropologist are able to identify the victims race, age gender simply by examining the bones. These deceased people are leaving clues to help forensic scientist identify their body along with solving the case at hand.
According to the article “Dead Men Talking” by David Kohn, anthropologist Billy Base has solved many cases by simply examining the crime scene and the bones of the deceased. In line with the article “ Identifying the victim,” anthropologist can identify age by looking for infused bones and by using the Karley Method. The Karley Method is where the take a bone and cut it in half, from there you count the number of rings inside the bone, similar to finding the age of a tree. Teeth grow in particular order which can help determine age as well. To determine height the most common way is to measure a tall bone. Because most bodies are proportional the …show more content…
Race can be determined by the shape of the skull, teeth position, density of bones, and nasal spine. As stated in “Identifying the Victim” if the skull is wide and flat face, with prominent cheekbones, and flat and wide nasal spine. This person could then be determined from either a Native, Native North and South American descent. If the skull is round with a long cranium, textured upper molars and if there is a large space between knee bone joint, along with heavy dense bones. You could then conclude that the person is a Negroid from African American descents. If the person is caucasian from a European descent they would have a flat backed skull, flat bottom nose and an elongated angular skull. To determine gender anthropologist look at the the pelvis bone attached to the spine. If it is narrow and heart shaped it is a male. If the pelvis is wide and shallow it can be identified as a