TY  - BOOK
AU  - Switek,Brian
TI  - Skeleton keys: the secret life of bone 
SN  - 9780399184901
PY  - 2019///
CY  - New York
PB  - Riverhead Books
KW  - Human skeleton
KW  - Bones
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - 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
ER  -