Dead Men Tell Tale Research Paper

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Dead men can tell tales. It may sound weird, dead men telling tales. However, it’s true. They tell tales in many ways. One way they tell tales is explained in the article called, “Identifying the Victim.” On page 21 the text says, “Joints help tell a person’s age because they break down as they grow older.” In other words, joints can be examined on a victim’s dead body, and the people studying them will be able to tell how old the victim was because of how old the joints are. This piece of evidence helps prove that dead men tell tales because the person that’s dead, left his/her bones behind, so they’re telling a tale of who they were because the forensic anthropologist can tell by their joints. Which, are on the bones the person left behind.

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