Every second or third sentence is a poor attempt at humour, frequently so US-centric that they made no sense.

This "humour" isn't really amusing, and it distracts from the actual science being discussed. That said, I did find the first part of the book, that focuses on the more scientific aspect of bones, much more interesting than the second part of the book, which had a more social/anthropological focus.

Someone needs to tell the author that 1. Less is more, and 2. they're not as funny as they think they are.