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Buried Bones - a historical true crime podcast with Kate Winkler Dawson and Paul Holes
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Are the Skeletons Children?
Anthropologists can use features on the skeleton that an anthropologist can use to narrow the age range of the person. The size, presence of the growth plates and dental analysis are all factors in determining a child's sex. A doctor who was not a forensic pathologist concluded that the bodies belong to a boy and a girl. One was between five and seven and the other one was between seven and nine years old.
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