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Oct 2019
1h 18m

Osteology (SKELETONS/BODY FARMS) with Da...

ALIE WARD
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Let's dig right into Spooktober with ... BONES. You're a steak-covered skeleton and it's nothing to fear. The amazingly kind and committed osteologist Dr. Daniel J. Wescott of Texas State University's famed Forensic Anthropology Research Center sits down -- surrounded by skulls and femurs and ribs -- and chats about how bones are formed, how they break, why ... Show More
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