Word: skulled
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...concentration camp in Poland during World War II. Earlier, experts had found that the handwriting on documents discovered in Brazil corresponded to Mengele's, and that photographs found in the Bossert home matched old pictures of the doctor. Most telling of all, an advanced method of matching the reconstructed skull against old photographs convinced the investigators that they had found their man. "I came here not knowing whether it was Mengele," said U.S. expert John Fitzpatrick. "I go home fully convinced that...
...intact pelvis: generally, a woman's has a wider opening to permit childbirth. Height can be calculated, within an inch or two, from the lengths of the major arm or leg bones. Race can be indicated by the texture of the hair or from certain features of the skull, among them the shape of the eye sockets and the spacing of the nasal apertures...
...problem. Because bone growth in humans occurs according to a more or less predictable timetable, forensic experts can usually tell the age of a skeleton of a child or young adult. But most of the skeletal changes are complete by about age 45, when the flat bones of the skull have fused...
...skull holds clues. Photosuperimposition, in which video cameras are used to merge an image of the skull with a photograph of the suspected dead person's face, can often reveal a matching structure. The face can be reconstructed on the skull with some degree of accuracy by applying layers of clay...
...time the record companies give them what they want: Bach Brandenburgs without end, Beethoven symphonies without number. Occasionally, however, a darker side surfaces, and . something different is unearthed: arcana by a famous composer, perhaps, or a new piece by a living artist that seeks to reveal the skull beneath the skin. A trio of recent releases for the adventurous shows the eerie attractions of mood music...