Dead Men Talking Summary

Dead bodies can truly tell may tales, without having to say anything at all. Forensic anthropologist can look at the bones and can find out many things such as the age,race, height, gender and sometimes even their individual characteristics. Even though that there are fewer than 60 forensic anthropologist in the US they divide and conquer. According to the article “Dead Men Talking” Billy Bass one of the most well known forensic scientist has taught almost all these forensic anthropologist through his teachings and books. In each one of his books he teaches a new topic of anthropology. He also owns his own body farm where he constructs experiments on bodies to discover new things about different effects on bodies. These anthropologist he’s taught have to do many things because there are so few. They have to first investigate crime scenes and then examine the bones from the crime.
According to the “Identifying the Victim” article it states many ways to identify the body. An anthropologist can look at how many bones, if the bones are fused and use the Kerley Method to determine the age of the victim. The Kerley Method is taking the thin part of the bone and counting the rings on the bone, much like finding a tree's age. But recently haven’t been using this method because it damages the bones. They can find the gender by looking at several different bones, the pelvis, skull and the collarbone. A male’s pelvis is much narrower and heart-shaped. While on the other hand women have a wide and shallow pelvis so it’s easier to give birth. But to do this the victim has must gone through puberty first. Another thing you can figure out from the pelvis is how much times a female has given birth. When you …show more content…
Also how by just looking at bones you can find out many things about the victim like the age, race and gender. That is how dead bodies can tell a