How he traveled so much and discovered and uncorked so many remains from the Arikara tribe (and finally found where they burried their dead) and others. I also found interesting how he was the only person who has seen and excavated millions of ancient tribe remians and also was the one of (out of two) people who was allowed to look at and examine the bones of Charles Lindburg Jr. (Eaglet)
I thought Bass' profession was intriguing because he was able to witness so many contributions to Forensics that were really cool to hear about - like the woman in sports medicine who could decipher race through knee bones, or the man who could find how long it had been since death through soil profiling. Also, some of the stories he encountered were really fascinating as well.
Dr. Bass really knew where to look for the bones. After an entire search team tore appart the river with nothing, he went there and fairly soon he left with an almost full set of teeth and more bones.
His strategies and skills at uncovering bones and body parts from areas were uncomparable. Hes a master of Forensic sciences and skill unmatched. He showed so many different strategies of producing ID's on bodies through investigation of bones. His skill at determining age and sex from two or three bones was bewildering.
I thought that the most interesting aspect by far was the field work that he got to do, piecing together crime scenes and figuring out what happened to the victim. The scientific analysis is interesting as well, but i think the work that he does in the field is definitely more interesting
I was amazed at the fact that Dr. Bass overcame time, which was considered a major factor of crime scene investigations. He also uncovered the body of Charles Lindburg Jr., which was fantastic because the bones were almost completely decayed. Overall, the book, itself, did not interest me; however, the facts that were stated by Dr. Bass were very useful. This guy definitely knew what he was doing.
I thought that it was interesting how controversial the "body farm" was for certain people when it was first started, but the publicity it recived also helped Bass achieve higher positions among forensic scientists that offered more interesting cases and opportunities.
I thought it was really cool that he was able to go to that sight and help dig up those native american graves, it was interesting how he was able to find the huge graveyard when no one else could
It was also interesting to read how scientists could determine the placement of beds, tables, and bodies even after a fire. And by the position of the body or explosion of the skull they are able to determine if the victim died from the fire or other causes.
It was cool how much he could tell from a pile of burnt bones. It was also interesting how he was able to find the bones in the first place, considering an entire team of people weren't able to find anything.
I found it very interesting that he could determine the race the victim, by looking at the jaw he could figure our what race the person was. It was also really interesting that he was able to identify the guys bones even though they were badly burned; i never knew that bones could really help make an identification even if they were so severly burned.
I thought that it was really interesting that Dr. Bass was able to identify and find bones in a completely burnt down house. I also thought it was interesting how he could figure out that an accelerant was used just by looking at some copper wire that was around.
The way Dr. Bass made the process of figuring out exactly what happened in a given situation look quite easy was very fascinating. He is simply amazing at what he does.
To me, I found that Bass had an interesting profession... He had an intersting job that included the identification of bones which he was very skilled at doing. Also, I found it fascinating how well Bass could study the bones that had been burnt as well as how he could deterime the age and race of the bones that he was studying.
Like Patrick, Amanda and Coco have mentioned, I was fascinated that Dr. Bass could determine the race of a victim just by examining his or her skull/teeth. I never knew that various races had differences in the physical structures of their bones, and yet Bass was able to ascertain whether the person was Negroid, Caucasoid, or Mongoloid decisively by examining the skull. I was intrigued further when this distinction was used in the $7 million dollar insurance case to know that the death had been faked for monetary gain. The most interesting part of this dissimilarity in bone features, to me, was that one of this students introduced the new ability to identify the race of a corpse from the knees, not the skulls.
I liked the fact that he was able to determine the race, and age of someone by only using certain parts of the body. What also intrigued me was the fact that he was able to discover so many bones from Arikara.
I thought it was amazing how much he could tell about a person just by looking at their bones, which were often very old and decayed. It was also interesting how much of a role science plays in his profession, such as his student's plan to use biochemical data to pinpoint time since death. I was very impressed by his ability to not overlook any aspect of a crime scene and thoroughly look into every single detail. It really is a profession that requires a lot of training and practice.
As most people have said, it was very interesting to see how Dr. Bass could determine the sex of people just by looking at the bones. I also found the creation of the Body Farm to be amazing because throughout the book he tells not only the successes of it but also the downfalls of it.
I found it most intriguing when he developed the body farm. He experimented with many bodies and from this expierence he was able to make many conclusions that helped him in his career.
I was amazed by the amount of knowledge he had on Forensics, for example how he could determine the race, age, and gender of a body just by looking at some of the bones found.
I always wondered how they examined the bones from recently decayed bodies, so it was really interesting to hear the process in which the bones were isolated from skin and tissue: boiling them in hot water to separate them. It was kind of gross when Dr. Bass mentioned that he used his own kitchen to do it.
What I found most intriguing about Mr. Bass's work was how he was able to find out whether a skull was from a male or a female. It's very handy considering a good percentage of body's found are decomposed, so with the technology and the capabilities scientists such as Mr. Bass have, many more will be identified.
I found it interesting how Dr. Bass could use certain techniques to ID dead people from only bones that were often very old. I also thought the cases that he worked on were incredibly interesting.
I thought that it was very interesting reading about how Dr. Bass thought up of the idea of creating the Body Farm and then reading about how he created. I am amazed that because of his idea there is so much more information on how people were killed or died. I also thought it was very impressive how Dr. Bass was able to identify a person from only bone fragments or fragments from teeth.
I found it very interesting that more often than not, if a body was in the later stages of decompostion, Bass would scrubb away all of the skin remaining in order to look at the bones. I found this interesting because I would not think that bare bones would hold so much information.
As other students posted, I found it very interesting to learn how Dr. Bass was able to determine Negroid bones from Caucasoid bones and the methods he used to determine the race, sex, and age of a body. His overall study of bones was fascinating to read about. However, I also found it very interesting when he was describing the saw marks which his student studied; how his student was able to determine the type of saw used on a victim from the way it was sliced on the victim's body part, the size of the marks, etc. The maggot section of the book in which Dr. Bass spoke of the different scenarios in which they used maggots and what the maggots could tell one about the body, although disgusting, was intriguing as well.
While reading Dr. Bass' book, I was quite astonished to learn that the sex of young children could not be determined. As a matter of fact, though young girls are usually smaller than boys, in early childhood, there is no difference between a male's pelvis and a female's. I was also surprised that it is only at adolescence that one can determined the sex of a skeleton from the pelvis.
I liked how Dr. Bass determined the four major pieces of information: gender, race, age, and stature. Certain characteristics belong to women and some belong to men. Women have small skulls. They also have narrow mouths and pointed chins. Certain characteristics belong to specific races. Teeth that jut forward belong to African Americans. This is called prognathism. Dr. Bass looked at cranial sutures to determine age. People who are around 30 years old have cranial sutures that have started to fuse. Dr. Bass learned how talal people were by measuring the femur bone and plugging this measurement into a formula that deals with proportions. I like how Dr. Bass used the murder victim's bones in his lessons, so in a way she was still a part of people's lives.
I found it very suprising how much information he could find just from looking at the bones. The one case with the little girl who was killed by her uncle was amazing, how he planed and knew the best way to find tiny bones (the teeth) in the water. its astonishing what he can do with just the bones.
I think the man must go out of his mind doing this stuff. He goes through miles of thick woods and heavy foliage to find near-invisible remains. Astonishing. He really is devoted to his profession and loves his job.
I found it interesting that he never really gave up while searching for all the bones of the dead bodies. He was very patient and loved what he did which drove him to figuring all his crimes out. It was very interesting how by examining the teeth, one could see and determine almost everything about the individual they needed too in order to see who the body belonged too.
I thought it was really interesting that he could determine so much about a body, and what had been through with just a little bit of information. For example he can determine the age, sex, and race of a person just by looking at one bone.
I thought that the whole book was interesting. The only thing that I didn't enjoy was the chapter when he was at the native american reservation. It just wasn't that appealing to me, other than that i really enjoyed the book
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Well, i didn't know that there were that many ways to ID burnt bones.
How he traveled so much and discovered and uncorked so many remains from the Arikara tribe (and finally found where they burried their dead) and others. I also found interesting how he was the only person who has seen and excavated millions of ancient tribe remians and also was the one of (out of two) people who was allowed to look at and examine the bones of Charles Lindburg Jr. (Eaglet)
I thought that it was very interesting how he could determine the age, sex, and race of a body by only have the skull, femur and the lower jaw.
Like Hilary i found it really interesting that he was one of two people who was allowed to look at the bones of Charles Lindburg Jr.
I thought Bass' profession was intriguing because he was able to witness so many contributions to Forensics that were really cool to hear about - like the woman in sports medicine who could decipher race through knee bones, or the man who could find how long it had been since death through soil profiling. Also, some of the stories he encountered were really fascinating as well.
Dr. Bass really knew where to look for the bones. After an entire search team tore appart the river with nothing, he went there and fairly soon he left with an almost full set of teeth and more bones.
His strategies and skills at uncovering bones and body parts from areas were uncomparable. Hes a master of Forensic sciences and skill unmatched. He showed so many different strategies of producing ID's on bodies through investigation of bones. His skill at determining age and sex from two or three bones was bewildering.
I thought that the most interesting aspect by far was the field work that he got to do, piecing together crime scenes and figuring out what happened to the victim. The scientific analysis is interesting as well, but i think the work that he does in the field is definitely more interesting
I was amazed at the fact that Dr. Bass overcame time, which was considered a major factor of crime scene investigations. He also uncovered the body of Charles Lindburg Jr., which was fantastic because the bones were almost completely decayed. Overall, the book, itself, did not interest me; however, the facts that were stated by Dr. Bass were very useful. This guy definitely knew what he was doing.
I thought that it was interesting how controversial the "body farm" was for certain people when it was first started, but the publicity it recived also helped Bass achieve higher positions among forensic scientists that offered more interesting cases and opportunities.
I thought it was really cool that he was able to go to that sight and help dig up those native american graves, it was interesting how he was able to find the huge graveyard when no one else could
I thought it was interesting how Dr. Bass was able to identify that man's body after it was so badly burned in that fire.
It was also interesting to read how scientists could determine the placement of beds, tables, and bodies even after a fire. And by the position of the body or explosion of the skull they are able to determine if the victim died from the fire or other causes.
It was cool how much he could tell from a pile of burnt bones. It was also interesting how he was able to find the bones in the first place, considering an entire team of people weren't able to find anything.
I found it very interesting that he could determine the race the victim, by looking at the jaw he could figure our what race the person was. It was also really interesting that he was able to identify the guys bones even though they were badly burned; i never knew that bones could really help make an identification even if they were so severly burned.
I thought that it was really interesting that Dr. Bass was able to identify and find bones in a completely burnt down house. I also thought it was interesting how he could figure out that an accelerant was used just by looking at some copper wire that was around.
The way Dr. Bass made the process of figuring out exactly what happened in a given situation look quite easy was very fascinating. He is simply amazing at what he does.
To me, I found that Bass had an interesting profession... He had an intersting job that included the identification of bones which he was very skilled at doing. Also, I found it fascinating how well Bass could study the bones that had been burnt as well as how he could deterime the age and race of the bones that he was studying.
Like Patrick, Amanda and Coco have mentioned, I was fascinated that Dr. Bass could determine the race of a victim just by examining his or her skull/teeth. I never knew that various races had differences in the physical structures of their bones, and yet Bass was able to ascertain whether the person was Negroid, Caucasoid, or Mongoloid decisively by examining the skull. I was intrigued further when this distinction was used in the $7 million dollar insurance case to know that the death had been faked for monetary gain. The most interesting part of this dissimilarity in bone features, to me, was that one of this students introduced the new ability to identify the race of a corpse from the knees, not the skulls.
I liked the fact that he was able to determine the race, and age of someone by only using certain parts of the body. What also intrigued me was the fact that he was able to discover so many bones from Arikara.
I thought it was amazing how much he could tell about a person just by looking at their bones, which were often very old and decayed. It was also interesting how much of a role science plays in his profession, such as his student's plan to use biochemical data to pinpoint time since death. I was very impressed by his ability to not overlook any aspect of a crime scene and thoroughly look into every single detail. It really is a profession that requires a lot of training and practice.
As most people have said, it was very interesting to see how Dr. Bass could determine the sex of people just by looking at the bones. I also found the creation of the Body Farm to be amazing because throughout the book he tells not only the successes of it but also the downfalls of it.
I found it most intriguing when he developed the body farm. He experimented with many bodies and from this expierence he was able to make many conclusions that helped him in his career.
I was amazed by the amount of knowledge he had on Forensics, for example how he could determine the race, age, and gender of a body just by looking at some of the bones found.
I found it awesome how he was one of the only Forensic sceintists aloud to examine Charles Lindburg Jr.'s bones.
I always wondered how they examined the bones from recently decayed
bodies, so it was really interesting to hear the process in which the
bones were isolated from skin and tissue: boiling them in hot water to
separate them. It was kind of gross when Dr. Bass mentioned that he
used his own kitchen to do it.
I agree with what everyone said :)
... also found it interesting how Dr. Bass could not really find a way to determine time of death.
What I found most intriguing about Mr. Bass's work was how he was able to find out whether a skull was from a male or a female. It's very handy considering a good percentage of body's found are decomposed, so with the technology and the capabilities scientists such as Mr. Bass have, many more will be identified.
I found it interesting how Dr. Bass could use certain techniques to ID dead people from only bones that were often very old. I also thought the cases that he worked on were incredibly interesting.
I thought that it was very interesting reading about how Dr. Bass thought up of the idea of creating the Body Farm and then reading about how he created. I am amazed that because of his idea there is so much more information on how people were killed or died. I also thought it was very impressive how Dr. Bass was able to identify a person from only bone fragments or fragments from teeth.
I liked how you could idenitfy so much from the knee.
I found it very interesting that more often than not, if a body was in the later stages of decompostion, Bass would scrubb away all of the skin remaining in order to look at the bones. I found this interesting because I would not think that bare bones would hold so much information.
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As other students posted, I found it very interesting to learn how Dr. Bass was able to determine Negroid bones from Caucasoid bones and the methods he used to determine the race, sex, and age of a body. His overall study of bones was fascinating to read about. However, I also found it very interesting when he was describing the saw marks which his student studied; how his student was able to determine the type of saw used on a victim from the way it was sliced on the victim's body part, the size of the marks, etc. The maggot section of the book in which Dr. Bass spoke of the different scenarios in which they used maggots and what the maggots could tell one about the body, although disgusting, was intriguing as well.
While reading Dr. Bass' book, I was quite astonished to learn that the sex of young children could not be determined. As a matter of fact, though young girls are usually smaller than boys, in early childhood, there is no difference between a male's pelvis and a female's. I was also surprised that it is only at adolescence that one can determined the sex of a skeleton from the pelvis.
I liked how Dr. Bass determined the four major pieces of information: gender, race, age, and stature. Certain characteristics belong to women and some belong to men. Women have small skulls. They also have narrow mouths and pointed chins. Certain characteristics belong to specific races. Teeth that jut forward belong to African Americans. This is called prognathism. Dr. Bass looked at cranial sutures to determine age. People who are around 30 years old have cranial sutures that have started to fuse. Dr. Bass learned how talal people were by measuring the femur bone and plugging this measurement into a formula that deals with proportions. I like how Dr. Bass used the murder victim's bones in his lessons, so in a way she was still a part of people's lives.
I found it very suprising how much information he could find just from looking at the bones. The one case with the little girl who was killed by her uncle was amazing, how he planed and knew the best way to find tiny bones (the teeth) in the water. its astonishing what he can do with just the bones.
I think the man must go out of his mind doing this stuff. He goes through miles of thick woods and heavy foliage to find near-invisible remains. Astonishing. He really is devoted to his profession and loves his job.
I thought it was really interesting how he could find the sex race and even age of the victim by examining the femur and skull
I found it interesting that he never really gave up while searching for all the bones of the dead bodies. He was very patient and loved what he did which drove him to figuring all his crimes out. It was very interesting how by examining the teeth, one could see and determine almost everything about the individual they needed too in order to see who the body belonged too.
I thought it was really interesting that he could determine so much about a body, and what had been through with just a little bit of information. For example he can determine the age, sex, and race of a person just by looking at one bone.
I thought that the whole book was interesting. The only thing that I didn't enjoy was the chapter when he was at the native american reservation. It just wasn't that appealing to me, other than that i really enjoyed the book
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