FORS 3331 Lecture Notes - Lecture 99: Sesamoid Bone, Hydroxylapatite, Long Bone

• School: Baylor University
• Department: Forensic Science
• Course: FORS 3331
• Professor: Joseph V.Ferraro

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Baker | fors 3331 | spring 2017 | introduction| page 1. Starting lecture today - need to get book asap. He gives handouts - come to class! This is a front-loaded class: 1/3 - most of the work, 2/3 - mostly practice - not much new material, 3/3 - final project - identify john doe. Hint: come to open lab hours: this whole class is memorization, know your bones, there"s a strong correlation between lab hours and grade in course. Get to know him - he seems cool. Loves the tv show bones (cid:862)nothing to besmirch history but it"s not relevant in the real world(cid:863: dates in your head don"t do you much good, this is more applicable than book knowledge. Biological archaeologist: specializes in prehistoric humans (>10mya) Bone lab seriously, go to this!!! Book human osteology (3rd edition) tim d. white. Internet: don"t be afraid of it, lots of quizzes and images on there - use them!