That's all detectives had to work with when skeletal remains were found in a wooded area off ... and a screwdriver and loose pocket change were found with the remains. More: Howell bones mystery: How ...

as too many bones are missing from the right hand. Using a photo of what historians believe to be Bach’s skeleton, Otte calculated the hand’s size—nearly 8½ inches from wrist to fingertips ...

Which three bones are found in the arm? One way to remember carpals and metacarpals are in the wrist and hands is that you use them to drive a 'car' ('car-' is the start of the word 'carpals').

The older the person at death, the more pitted and craggy these bones will be. Forensic anthropologists will compare this against a database of standard markers to learn the age of the skeleton.

From the skull to the smallest bone in your pinky toe, the skeleton acts as internal scaffolding to give stability to the body, and forms protective cocoons around important organs. Despite their ...