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Skeleton Secrets: What Can Bones Tell Us?
- Year
- 2025
- Pages
- 144
- ISBN
- 9788310138637
This fascinating book will awaken in readers – children and grown-ups alike – the intuition of an archaeologist, explorer and detective all in one. The authors – one an archaeologist, the other an anthropologist – take us on a journey into a world that usually remains hidden beneath the earth and escapes our attention: the world of bones and skeletons.
The book provides an accessible introduction to the theory of evolution, tells the story of our ancestors and shows how our own skeletons work. It also provides answers to some interesting questions: whether ancient bones stink, what colour they are, how they’re unearthed, and why having a dog can help you make an important archaeological discovery.
Combining scientific theory with field research procedures, the authors show that you need to be a true detective to decipher the information and secrets encoded in bones. By examining skeletons, we can find out how old someone was, what sex they were, what part of the world they came from, what they ate and what diseases they suffered from.
The excellent illustrations by Joanna Czaplewska make the story even more dynamic, giving it a light and humorous tone.
Gabriela Dul, translated by Kate Webster
