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What you will learn today… Behavioral and anatomical features of humans are often inferred from partial skeletons or scattered bone fragments.

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1 What you will learn today… Behavioral and anatomical features of humans are often inferred from partial skeletons or scattered bone fragments

2 Calculating Clues From BonesClues

3 What you will do today… You will infer a person’s height from the length of one bone You will apply a simple calculation to the observed length and will develop a “best guess” for body height

4 Results

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6 Discussion Why are your calculated heights not EXACTLY correct? How could you make your calculated measurements more accurate? How do forensic scientists determine a formula that correlates to MOST individuals?


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