Bibliograph

Skeleton keys, the secret life of bone, Brian Switek

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Skeleton keys, the secret life of bone, Brian Switek

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [249]-263) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Skeleton keys

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1040175082

Responsibility statement

Brian Switek

Sub title

the secret life of bone

Summary

Bone is as embedded in our culture as it is in our bodies. Our species has made instruments and jewelry from bone, treated the dead like collectors' items, put our faith in skull bumps as guides to human behavior, and arranged skeletons into macabre tributes to the afterlife. Switek makes a compelling case for getting better acquainted with our skeletons, in all their surprising roles. Bridging the worlds of paleontology, anthropology, medicine, and forensics, Skeleton Keys illuminates the complex life of bones inside our bodies and out

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