Chapter 5, Problem 5AWK

Summary Introduction

Case summary:

A person just graduated and got the first job as a forensic investigator. The first case the person gets is a skeleton that was discovered in the desert. The bones were examined by the pathologist. He informs that the skeleton belonged to an adult man.

Characters in the case:

A forensic investigator and a pathologist.

Adequate information:

A forensic investigator studies a skeleton that is of an adult man as per the pathologist.

To determine:

By examining only the bones how can a pathologist be sure that it is of an adult man. Other characteristics of the skeleton that the pathologist can tell on examining the bones.

Given information: