Episode 48: Bones S8E11 The Archaeologist in the Cocoon (2013) w/ Prof. Mirjana Roksandic

Prof. Mirjana Roksandic joins us again, this time to discuss an episode of Bones. We’re watching the Season 8 episode The Archaeologist in the Cocoon, in which the eponymous forensic anthropologist procrastinates on her real job to solve a Palaeolithic murder mystery left behind by their archaeologist victim. Mirjana explains to us why everything Bones says is wrong, and warns us about the dangers of over-interpretation in forensic investigation.

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In this episode:

The Lagar Velho Child: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.96.13.7604

Green et al. (2010). A Draft sequence of the Neanderthal Genome: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1188021

Fu et al. (2015). An early modern human from Romania with a recent Neanderthal ancestor: https://doi.org/10.1038/nature14558

Slon et al. (2018). The genome of the offspring of a Neanderthal mother and a Denisovan father: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0455-x

Hajdinjak et al. (2021). Initial Upper Palaeolithic humans in Europe had recent Neanderthal ancestry: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03335-3

Greenstick fractures: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK513279/

Linear Enamel Hypoplasia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_enamel_hypoplasia

Forensic pathologist Dr. Charles Smith’s testimony helped lock up innocent people for decades: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/dr-charles-smith-the-man-behind-the-public-inquiry-1.864004