small group of microscopic living things that usually cause sickness or disease
What is bacteria
100
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Anthony used a microbe to check to see if there was blood on the floor.
What is no!
100
The bumpy material that DNA detectives use to gather information from skeletal remains
What is plaque
100
Why do anthropologists switch from metal tools to wooden ones during the excavation process?
What is because metal tools can damage the bones during the process.
100
How are the femur (long bones) different in males and females?
What is males are longer and fuller (more robust)
200
to show that something is true or exists, to point something out.
What is indicate?
200
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Aaron's naval uniform made him look very dignified.
What is yes.
200
Describe how plaque aids an anthropologist.
What is plaque builds up on teeth sealing in DNA and bacteria creating a type of fossil. Once the skeletal remains are found, anthropologist scrape the teeth to analyze the plaque for many things.
200
What happens to the skeletal remains (position) as a result of decomposition?
What is the bones aren't found close together, the ribs collapse onto the vertebrae, and the skull is the highest point of the skeletal remains.
200
How did the anthropologist determine the sex of the bones?
What is skull (explain), long bones (explain), teeth, and pelvis.
300
to be very close to something
What is proximity?
300
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Anthropologist used the analyze of the bones to determine age.
What is no.
300
Explain how analyzing DNA in teeth is better than DNA from bones?
What is DNA from bones is very damaged with little left. Teeth have 100 to 1,000 times more DNA fragments than bone.
300
1. What made anthropologists question whether or not the bones had been shrouded?
2. What indicated that the boy had been shrouded?
What is 1. The arms were at an odd angle but anthropologist felt the bones had been shrouded loosely over his arms. 2. The boys feet were close together and his toes were pointed in up which is not the natural position.
300
How did anthropologist determine his age?
What is femur (explain) and teeth (explain)
400
to change something so that it is not always the same
What is vary?
400
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Variations in the bone structure showed that the boy was not an adult.
What is yes.
400
Why are the findings from this article so important?
What is anthropologists have spent years discarding the plaque and not using it as another tool to analyze skeletal remains. Now that anthropologists know the amount of information they can find in teeth/plaque they will not discard it.
400
Why do anthropologist pedestal?
What is because anthropologist need to examine the bones in situ. Moving the bones to early could destroy evidence.
400
How did anthropologist determine his ancestry?
What is by examining the skull (explain)
500
to change a behavior to better fit or to change something so it functions better.
What is adapt?
500
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Some scientists study the adaptations of animals in the wild.
What is yes.
500
What are three things that anthropologist can learn by studying the plaque built up on teeth over time in skeletal remains?
What is
1. What the person ate during their life
2. DNA
3. Different types of diseases
500
Why were the bones in such a fragile condition even for 400 year old remains?
What is because the clay soil let in a lot of moisture which caused the bones to expand and then contract when dried. this process had pieces of bones breaking off.
500
What did anthropologist determine from analyzing the arrowhead?
What is that the boy's wound most likely became infected and he died of this.