Reviews

Skeleton Keys: The Secret Life of Bone by Riley Black

misterpee13's review against another edition

funny informative

5.0

fictionalalex's review

adventurous challenging funny informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

Skeleton Keys was wonderfully fascinating and reflective. As someone who took anthropology in undergrad, this book offered a fantastic look at the work of forensic and biological anthropologists in understanding human evolution. 
I really appreciated Black's views on the relationship between anthropology and racism. Anthropology as a discipline pushed truly terrible theories and notions on racism that has major effects even today. One cannot discuss anthropology without acknowledging its past. Black's delve into the subject was appreciated.

noshelf_control's review

adventurous informative reflective fast-paced

3.75

laurenkimoto's review

informative lighthearted slow-paced

3.75

zenia_wolfgang_cavill's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative lighthearted reflective fast-paced

5.0

potterandpromises's review against another edition

adventurous informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

soderick's review against another edition

informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.0

kayleighlorraine's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.75

lena_taco's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

multilingual_s's review against another edition

informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.0

I really enjoyed this stroll across the history of bones and the way we as humans relate to them. The part about gendering human remains really resonated with me, as I to find it weird to talk about skeletons as men and women and making according assumptions about the lives that people let a very long time ago. I found the structure of the book a bit unclear which made me lose the thread of the narrative at times. Apart from that it was a good read.