• Question: Can you tell details of someone just by looking at their bones? from ginger and lexiecat14

    Asked by Ginger to Hussain on 14 Nov 2015.
    • Photo: Hussain Jaffery

      Hussain Jaffery answered on 14 Nov 2015:

      Yes, you can tell a lot about someone just from looking at their bones, but not everything!

      For example, you had a full skeleton, or a full body X-ray image, the following details could be read from it:
      how tall the person is,
      how old the person is,
      whether the person has any diseases which affect the skeleton, like arthritis,
      whether they had any fractures or breaks,
      whether they are eating heathy or are malnourished,
      whether they are very active or don’t exercise,
      and because dentists keep a detailed record of people’s teeth, if you just look at the teeth of a person, you can match them relatively well to the records to identify them!

      Your bones record how your body is doing, so stay healthy!

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