Question

An anthropologist finds the following at a human burial site: 20 ribs, 24 vertebrae, 2 hyoid bones, and 6 phalanges. what does this evidence suggest about the number of humans buried at this site, and why?

Answer 1

Answer: The number of bones that are found buried at a human burial site states that there were two human being. As the total number of bones are not complete in number but the pressence of two hyoid bones shows the pressence of two people. There is a possibility that some bones are missing if we consider it as a bones of two people.

Answer 2

It is possible that there were two bodies in this burial site because the human body has one hyoid bone.