Final Lab Practicum: The Mystery of August of Augustberg Instructions: using the information provided in the “Data Set” please answer the following questions, and at the end, offer your hypothesis interpreting the data as to what happened to August of Augustberg. (75%) 1) August was found in stratum I-2. The Carbon-14 results were inconclusive, so what other method could you use to date August? 2) This is an image of August’s pelvis. Is August a male or female, and how can you tell based on the morphology? 3) This is August’s skull (the cranial vault has been removed for study purposes, it is not an injury) … a. Can you confirm your sexing of August’s pelvis by sexing this skull? Explain how you can sex this skull by noting 2 morphological traits that demonstrate sexual dimorphism. b. And: is August a Homo sapiens sapiens- and how can you tell? 4) What is wrong with August’s maxillary canine and first maxillary premolar? 5) What bones are injured, and did August survive this injury? How can you tell? 6) This is August’s cranium: which bone is injured, and did August survive this injury? How can you tell? 7) These crania were also found in Augustberg. Are they the same Genus and species as August? Please identify their Genus and species (as a “lumper”) 8) These lithics (stone tools) were found in Augustberg. Are they more likely to be associated with August’s remains, or the other crania found in Augustberg, and why? 9) Extracting DNA from all of the bones found in Augustberg was successful, and the unidentified bones (bones a-h) can be matched against August’s DNA. Are any of the bones found August’s? 10) Samples of DNA from modern villages near Augustberg have resulted in the following loci results. If August’s DNA results show: i. L1 is (3,10) ii. L2 is (3,5) iii. L3 is (8,10) Is August more likely to be an ancestor of the River Village or the Desert Village? 11) This child’s remains were found in Augustberg. I’ll call her Augustita. Based on these CT scans of her legs, is Augustita more likely to be 5 years old or 15 years old, and specify how you can tell based on her fusion. 12) Based on the eruption of her first adult tooth, how old is Augustita? 13) Augustita’s blood type is O. August’s blood type is AB. Can August be the parent of Augustita? Why, or why not? 14) This is the right side of August’s Cranial vault ( the saw cut and the hook are made recently for study purposes- they are not an injury). a. Which bones of August’s skull are injured? b. Is this August’s ‘cause of death’? How can you tell? c. What do you think caused this injury? 15) Interpret the Data and Apply the scientific method: (25%) 1) Based on the evidence, tell me as much as you can about August’s life. Who was August, what was August’s life like, and how does it add up to a circumstantial manner of death for August? Apply the evidence to your interpretation, and tell me why you think happened to August. 2) Please write a hypothesis .

1. Final Lab Practicum:
The Mystery of August of Augustberg
Instructions: using the information provided in the “Data Set”
please answer the following questions, and at the end, offer
your hypothesis interpreting the data as to what happened to
August of Augustberg. (75%)
1) August was found in stratum I-2. The Carbon-14 results were
inconclusive, so what other method could you use to date
August?
2) This is an image of August’s pelvis. Is August a male or
female, and how can you tell based on the morphology?
3) This is August’s skull (the cranial vault has been removed for
study purposes, it is not an injury) …
a. Can you confirm your sexing of August’s pelvis by sexing
this skull? Explain how you can sex this skull by noting 2
morphological traits that demonstrate sexual dimorphism.
b. And: is August a Homo sapiens sapiens- and how can you
tell?
4) What is wrong with August’s maxillary canine and first
maxillary premolar?
5) What bones are injured, and did August survive this injury?
How can you tell?
6) This is August’s cranium: which bone is injured, and did
August survive this injury? How can you tell?

2. 7) These crania were also found in Augustberg. Are they the
same Genus and species as August? Please identify their Genus
and species (as a “lumper”)
8) These lithics (stone tools) were found in Augustberg. Are
they more likely to be associated with August’s remains, or the
other crania found in Augustberg, and why?
9) Extracting DNA from all of the bones found in Augustberg
was successful, and the unidentified bones (bones a-h) can be
matched against August’s DNA. Are any of the bones found
August’s?
10) Samples of DNA from modern villages near Augustberg
have resulted in the following loci results. If August’s DNA
results show:
i. L1 is (3,10)
ii. L2 is (3,5)
iii. L3 is (8,10)
Is August more likely to be an ancestor of the River Village or
the Desert Village?
11) This child’s remains were found in Augustberg. I’ll call her
Augustita. Based on these CT scans of her legs, is Augustita
more likely to be 5 years old or 15 years old, and specify how
you can tell based on her fusion.
12) Based on the eruption of her first adult tooth, how old is
Augustita?
13) Augustita’s blood type is O. August’s blood type is AB. Can

3. August be the parent of Augustita? Why, or why not?
14) This is the right side of August’s Cranial vault ( the saw cut
and the hook are made recently for study purposes- they are not
an injury).
a. Which bones of August’s skull are injured?
b. Is this August’s ‘cause of death’? How can you tell?
c. What do you think caused this injury?
15) Interpret the Data and Apply the scientific method: (25%)
1) Based on the evidence, tell me as much as you can about
August’s life. Who was August, what was August’s life like,
and how does it add up to a circumstantial manner of death for
August? Apply the evidence to your interpretation, and tell me
why you think happened to August.
2) Please write a hypothesis in If…Then format that will result
in a test to prove yourself right or wrong in your interpretation
of August’s manner of death.
Thank you for your efforts to solve this mystery, have a
wonderful summer! ~Lisa
Lab Final Mystery
Images and Data

4. Instructions:
• There are questions on your answer sheet to guide you through
solving the mystery of August of Augustberg and the two
ancient
human remains found in association with each other.
• These images hold data that will help you answer the
questions and
solve the mystery.
• The questions will direct you to the data needed in this image
set.
• Answer the questions based on the data sets, and then, once
you
have all your evidence, use it to tell me what you believe
happened to
these individuals.
1 Dating Methods
2 Biological sex: pelvis
3 Biological sex: cranium. Species identification
4 Dental health

5. 5 Pathology and Trauma Analysis
Detail
6 Pathology and Trauma Analysis
7 hominin identification
8 Stone tools identification
9 DNA matching-individual
August’s DNA sample
A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H
10 Inheritance and Loci Matching
This is a CT scan of the legs: note in particular the distal femur
and the proximal tibial plateau
11 Aging from Epyphysial Fusion

6. 12 Aging from
tooth eruption
First molar visible, but
Not erupted (first adult tooth)
13 Blood Typing Inheritance
• August’s Blood Type: AB
• Augustette’s Blood Type: O