Unsolved mysteries of anthropology
Doug Owsley took part in the Bridger project, which involved the exhumation of the skeletal remains of Gen. Joseph Bridger (d. April 15, 1686) from a small crypt set into the floor of St. Luke's Church in Smithfield, Va.
Courtesy Smithsonian Museum/Studio EIS/Chip Clark
Forensic anthropologist Doug Owsley has investigated mysteries of the dead -- from the early colonists in Virginia to soldiers in the Civil War, to unsolved, present-day murders.
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