Today, I got to play with real human skeletons.
Actually, it was mainly just skulls, but it was so cool! I had to do a lab for my physical anthropology class. We learned how to identify a person based on markers on their skulls and pelvises, and in the lab, that's what we had to do. I spent two hours observing and analyzing four skulls and three pelvises. I had to give sex, age, and ancestry. I felt like Dr. Brennan. :)
The coolest thing during the lab was the station where I had to determine the age of a child. While it was a little sad I was holding an actual child's skull, looking at the teeth was really neat. If you looked at the jaw, you could see the permanent teeth starting to come in on the front and you could see the second molars forming in the back of the jaw. It wasn't a full grown tooth; it was still developing. I think it's amazing that we can look at bones and be able to tell who people were and what they did. There's a great scene between Bones and Angela in the pilot of the show Bones that kind of captures the essence of what I'm saying. Lemme see if I can find a youtube video. :D
...okay, so I can't find one. And I was just gonna video it myself, but my sound on my computer crapped out again. Bah. Oh well. Maybe I'll put it up eventually. :D
Bah. And I can't even find the quote I'm looking for either. Fail. This is just a fail. Oh well...
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