Forensics: Overweight people really are big-boned

Tuesday, March 22, 2011 - 11:30 in Paleontology & Archaeology

One of the blind spots in forensic science, particularly in identifying unknown remains, is the inability of experts to determine how much an individual weighed based on his or her skeleton. New research moves us closer to solving this problem by giving forensic experts valuable insight into what the shape of the femur can tell us about the weight of an individual.

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