I love books like this. I work in pathology and cut and stain human tissue. I’m always amazed by what a pathologist can determine, especially from a autopsy.
This was a down right deep look at bones and what they can tell us. Sue Black is a forensic anthropologists and she explains what happens to our bones during the course of a human life span and what can be determine by it. She thinks our life experiences are written in our bones. Stating that they’re many questions to ask. What’s the sex? Did they bear children? Is there arthritis? Are they left or right handed? And so much more. These can be answered from bones alone. Isn’t that amazing? I think so.
The book starts from the head and works its way down. She will discuss some disturbing crimes to show how she determined her findings. I found all of it done well. I listened to this as an audiobook and the author narrated it. She did a wonderful job.
Things I found fascinating:
• The inner bones of an ear
• Face transplant
• DNA hair and eye color
• Waterloo dentures
• Importance of the clavicle bone
• Stone babies
• Making a big toe a thumb
• Lotus feet
I highly recommend this and hope you give it a try.
Thanks Dreamscape Media via Netgalley.

Anthropologist and anatomist Sue Black explains to readers how the stories of our lives live on after us in our skeletal remains. From the moment of conception to our final breaths, Black explains how we leave behind our mark on our very bones