e of others dark side.Unnatural Nature is a lesson into the skeletal system. I was actually impressed with the fact that I knew what Dr. Maples was talking about. Good gob professor Barbolla. I knew what he was talking about when he was mentioning the differences between the male and female skeletons. He titled it Unnatural Nature because of how the skeleton is an ever -growing process. Our bones let us know how old we are getting. They inform the observer about what we eat, what we do, our illnesses, culture, and many other things. He sums it up best when he states, To read all of these things that is the art of Forensic Anthropology (105). The most important lesson I got from this chapter was how to distinct between a rock and a bone.Another passionate side is shown by Dr. Maples in the chapter A Sunless Place. He has a soft spot in his heart for children, as I think everyone that reads this chapter gets. He also claims that while he may be able to solve crime riddles, he may never be able to figure out the mind of a killer. Dr. Maples goes on to state that he does not believe in capital punishment, but he also believes that America is not yet ready to be without it. He goes into great detail to describe the gas chamber, hanging, the guillotine, electrocution, and lethal injection. I also found it very interesting to know that he performed the autopsy on Ted Bundy after Teds electrocution. To bad he will never get to do my autopsyjust kidding.I found it amazing the case he encloses in the next chapter, Flames and Urns. One would think that fire would destroy all evidence used to identify a person, but Dr. Maples the great does it again. It seems as though that extreme patience and an extremely investigative mind would be needed to carry out such an complex solution to the puzzle involving remains. I know that I do not have the patience, but I guess that is why Im a business major and not Anthropology major, no offense...
