Okay, guys. Thanks for the help. AnKS, that quote was very helpful. It gave me a definite starting point for my research. However, it seems the hand x-rays, the dental and even the clavicles exam only works to give an approximate age of young people. They deal with development until adulthood. Dental seems to go a little further in time because it deals with the development of one's wisdom teeth. However, still it isn't accurate since everyone develops at different rates.
However, what made it quite useful was that it allowed me to disgard a lot of possible ways to tell a person's age.
I also have ruled out Carbon dating since it measures the rate at which carbon leaves tissue after death. While tissue is alive, the amount of carbon remains constant.
Having said all that, I think I can use the dating of the fracture to accomplish what I need to do. After all, it appears that there is a difference between a fracture which only happened a couple of months before and one that has happened a few years before.
So as I said, thanks, guys for all the help.
Maybe if it wasn't a simple bite, but a bug laying its eggs, it might work by estimating the age of the larvae. Things like that are done with maggots in deceased bodies, but some bugs prefer live bodies for their offspring to feed on.
I have just one thing to say to that Lara: Yuck!
I went to the website you posted, too, and looked at the picture of the person with the larvi in his eye and got completely grossed out
Anyway, thanks again.
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