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SKELETON KEYS
The Secret Life of Bone
The science of bones and the mysteries they can reveal about their original owners is told through stories of famous skeletons by a National Geographic online columnist.
Bone is a marvel, an adaptable and resilient building material developed over 500 million years of evolutionary history. It gives our bodies their shape and the ability to move. It grows and changes with us, an undeniable document of who we are and how we lived. Arguably, no other part of the human anatomy has such rich scientific and cultural significance, both brimming with life and a potent symbol of death.
Brian Switek explains in this natural and cultural history of bone where our skeletons came from, what they do inside us, and what others can learn about us when these wondrous assemblies of mineral and protein are all we've left behind. A widely recognized expert on paleontology and a Scientific American blogger, Switek is the perfect person to welcome us to the forensic labs, archaeological dig sites, and poorly lit ossuaries where bone science is conducted.
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 collector's items, put our faith in skull bumps as guides to human behavior, and arranged skeletons into macabre tributes to the afterlife. Bridging the worlds of paleontology, anthropology, medicine and forensics, SKELETON KEYS illuminates the complex life of bones inside our bodies and out.
Brian Switek is a collection of 206-some odd bones and associated soft tissues. He's also the author of the books MY BELOVED BRONTOSAURUS and WRITTEN IN STONE, as well as the Scientific American blog Laelaps. His bylines have appeared in National Geographic, Smithsonian, Wired, Slate, The Wall Street Journal, Nature, and other publications, with a focus on the stories old skeletons can tell.
Brian Switek explains in this natural and cultural history of bone where our skeletons came from, what they do inside us, and what others can learn about us when these wondrous assemblies of mineral and protein are all we've left behind. A widely recognized expert on paleontology and a Scientific American blogger, Switek is the perfect person to welcome us to the forensic labs, archaeological dig sites, and poorly lit ossuaries where bone science is conducted.
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 collector's items, put our faith in skull bumps as guides to human behavior, and arranged skeletons into macabre tributes to the afterlife. Bridging the worlds of paleontology, anthropology, medicine and forensics, SKELETON KEYS illuminates the complex life of bones inside our bodies and out.
Brian Switek is a collection of 206-some odd bones and associated soft tissues. He's also the author of the books MY BELOVED BRONTOSAURUS and WRITTEN IN STONE, as well as the Scientific American blog Laelaps. His bylines have appeared in National Geographic, Smithsonian, Wired, Slate, The Wall Street Journal, Nature, and other publications, with a focus on the stories old skeletons can tell.
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