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When I said soon, I meant approximately a month...

The illustration above depicts two skulls from the Mütter Museum in Philadelphia. The display they were part of focused on anthropometry (measuring a human's physical features), and how it was used for physical anthropology. Museum staff never labeled the skeletons in this display, so I wasn't entirely sure what was going on with each individual. My father, during our first visit, did point out that one (all the way on your right) looked both elderly and female. His age suggestion had to do with the mandible, as it curved (years of chewing added bone onto the mandible).

Again, I am not entirely sure if that is the case.

Description

When I said soon, I meant approximately a month...

The illustration above depicts two skulls from the Mütter Museum in Philadelphia. The display they were part of focused on anthropometry (measuring a human's physical features), and how it was used for physical anthropology. Museum staff never labeled the skeletons in this display, so I wasn't entirely sure what was going on with each individual. My father, during our first visit, did point out that one (all the way on your right) looked both elderly and female. His age suggestion had to do with the mandible, as it curved (years of chewing added bone onto the mandible).

Again, I am not entirely sure if that is the case.