Case summary:
A person just graduated and got the first job as a
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A forensic investigator and a pathologist.
Adequate information:
A forensic investigator studies a skeleton that is of an adult man as per the pathologist.
To determine:
By examining only the bones how can a pathologist be sure that it is of an adult man. Other characteristics of the skeleton that the pathologist can tell on examining the bones.
Given information:
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