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Recently Read: The Disappearing Spoon
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by...
Wren Barger


Exploring Human Origins
Here is a roundup of photos from a recent visit to the McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture. I used to come here as a child to...
Wren Barger


Don't Chew the Wallpaper: a history of poison
This article by Daniel J. Kevles explores the captivating history of poisoning, highlighting famous cases such as those of Napoleonn and...
Wren Barger


Dead Body with Sue Black: Royal Institution Lectures
I never skinned rabbits or plucked pheasants as a kid, but I did have a rather graphic anatomy text from my grandmother's time as a...
Wren Barger


How A Harvard Doctor's Sordid Murder Launched Modern Forensic Anthropology
When I first started college my interest was primarily in biology and anatomy, but the chance to apply that knowledge to solve questions...
Wren Barger


Uncovering Forensic Taphonomic Agents: Animal Scavenging in the European Context
The effect of scavengers on taphonomy is of particular interest to me. The more we understand about the processes by which human remains...
Wren Barger
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