Ancient Romans depicted Huns as barbarians – their bones tell a different story

Re:Ancient Romans depicted Huns as barbarians – their bones ... by dghughes on Thursday March 23, 2017 @12:02PM (#13940977)

I've seen forensics shows where the person was identified using oxygen isotopes in the water the person drank.

I wonder how mixed up we are now with bottled water from Fiji, strontium in toothpaste and other weird non-local molecules.

Cops talking "Hey Frank He's from Fiji but seems to have lived in Siberia too."

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Re:Ancient Romans depicted Huns as barbarians – their bones ... by startupdiscuss on Thursday March 23, 2017 @12:21PM (#13941192)

I would love to see a cop procedural where all the science keeps leading them to the wrong conclusion.

I presume it is easiest to write it as a comedy, but might be pulled off as a drama too.

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Re:Ancient Romans depicted Huns as barbarians – their bones ... by Steko on Thursday March 23, 2017 @08:25PM (#13945584)

How about a dystopian Law and Order where every week a new batch of innocent people are sent to prison based on dubious science and willful ignorance from police and prosecutors.

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Re:Ancient Romans depicted Huns as barbarians – their bones ... by bbctol on Thursday March 23, 2017 @12:50PM (#13941506)

Fun fact: for radiocarbon dating and similar techniques, when something is identified as from "ten thousand years before now," "now" is defined as January 1st, 1950. Anything past that date is too screwed up compared to historical trends to use standard archaeology on.

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