Bioarchaeologist's work helps identify origins of a people
Monday, June 20, 2011 - 08:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a sense, Christopher Stojanowski reads bones to understand the past and its peoples. The Arizona State University bioarchaeologist, who specializes in dental anthropology, can glean information from a set of human remains that tell a great deal about that persons life, as well as his or her cause of death. Inherited physical features, injuries, disease and nutrition are among the facets Stojanowski deciphers when examining a skeleton.