How Do You Science | Meet a Biological Anthropologist (who studies skeletons)

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Welcome back, young scientists. I’m Dr. Universe.  If you’re anything like me, you’ve got lots of big questions about our world. Today I'm talking to WSU biological anthropologist Thomas Siek.

• Hear about all kinds of anthropology
• Find out how Dr. Siek studied bones from the Middle Ages in Poland
• Learn how clues in bones help solve crimes with forensic anthropology

Resources You Can Use

• Watch this NPR team use forensic anthropology to figure out info about a skeleton from a high school art class
• See how fast you can build a human skeleton
• Check out the anthropology collections at the Smithsonian

As always, submit burning questions at askdruniverse.wsu.edu. Who knows where your questions will take us next.