Skeleton keys : the secret life of bone / Brian Switek.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Riverhead Books, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Description: 276 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780399184901
- 0399184902
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Main Library | NonFiction | 611.71 S979 | Available | 33111009328051 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In this natural and cultural history of bone, Brian Switek explains 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. He makes a compelling case for getting better acquainted with our skeletons, in all their surprising roles. Bridging the worlds of paleontology, anthropology, medicine, and forensics, Skeleton Keys illuminates the complex life of bones inside our bodies and out.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 collectors' items, put our faith in skull bumps as guides to human behavior, and arranged skeletons into macabre tributes to the afterlife. Switek makes a compelling case for getting better acquainted with our skeletons, in all their surprising roles. Bridging the worlds of paleontology, anthropology, medicine, and forensics, Skeleton Keys illuminates the complex life of bones inside our bodies and out.