Bones

About this book

SOLVING CONTEMPORARY CRIMES AND UNVEILING THE MYSTERIES OF THE ANCIENTS, A TOP FBI CONSULTANT REVEALS THE SECRETS OF... BONES From a young woman's murder in Virginia-solved a decade later by exhuming a skeletal hand-to the brutal death of a Paleolithic trader, the world famous forensic sleuth Dr. Douglas Ubelaker invites us to join him in a thrilling adventure. Taking us into the Smithsonian's collections, he explains the state of the art techniques that enable skilled practitioners to read the detaits of a life from a single thigh bone, A tantalizing collection of cases carries us from courtrooms, where a forensic expert's testimony can mean the difference between a conviction and an acquittal, to the most fascinating archeological digs in the world. We see firsthand how ancient discoveries continue to help solve twentieth-century crimes and how forensic se ence has made the bones of the dead speak. "True-crime addicts won't want to miss the book."