Kate Womersley

The skeleton is key to solving past mysteries

Sue Black’s skills in bone analysis have brought her worldwide renown in identifying the cause of many puzzling deaths

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issue 12 September 2020
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  • Written in Bone: Hidden Stories of What We Leave Behind

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    Transworld, pp. 368, £18

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