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Anthropology. Question. When bones are discovered at a crime scene who would the detective in charge contact?. Answer. A forensic anthropologist. Question. What is the main job of a forensic anthropologist?. Answer. To identify the skeletal remains of a corpse. Question.
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Question • When bones are discovered at a crime scene who would the detective in charge contact?
Answer • A forensic anthropologist
Question • What is the main job of a forensic anthropologist?
Answer • To identify the skeletal remains of a corpse.
Question • In identifying a set of bones what is the first question that the forensic anthropologist must answer?
Answer • Is it human or animal?
Question • Once the bones have been determined to be human, what is the next question the forensic anthropologist must answer?
Answer • Are the remains from a male or a female?
Question • Once gender has been established, what is the next question that a forensic anthropologist must answer?
Answer • How old was the person when he/she died?
Question • Once gender and age have been established, what come next?
Answer • Race, followed by height.
Questions • How many bones does an infant have? An adult?
Answer • Infants have 300 bones while adults have 206.
Question • True or False – The bones of a six year old boy look the same as those of a six year old girl.
Answer • For the most part, yes. The skeletons of adolescents are practically the same until they reach puberty.
Question • True or False – It is easier to determine the age of an adolescent compared to the age of an adult.
Answer • True.
Question • A person’s diet could be determined by examining his/her bones.
Answer • True. One way is by carbon isotope analysis.
Question • What is the most important bone in determining the gender?
Answer • The pelvis.
Question • What are some of the main differences between the male and female pelvis?
Answer • The male pelvic bone forms an angle of less than 90 degrees, while the female’s is larger than 90 degrees. • The sciatic notch on a male is smaller than the sciatic notch on a female.
Question • What is the “wiggle test”?
Answer • When determining gender, the forensic anthropologist will insert his/her finger into the sciatic notch. If the finger can wiggle, then it is a female, if there is not much wiggle room then it is a male.
Question • What is the second most important bone in determining gender?
Answer • The skull
Question • What are the differences between a male and a female skull?
Answer • The bones located above the eyes of the male are more protruded than those of the female. • The bones located below the ear of the male are also more protruded than those of the female. • The occipital protuberance in the male is expressed while in the female it is not. (guys have a little notch sticking out of the lower back of their heads while gals do not)
Question • How does the jaw of a male differ from the jaw of a female?
Answer • The jaws of males equal the width of the skull, while the jaws of females are narrower than the width of the skull.
Question • What is the most important part of the skeleton for determining race?
Answer • The skull, more specifically the maxillary bone.
Question • How does the shape of the maxillary bone differ with the different races?
Answer • Caucasoid – have parabolic shape • Mongoloid – have a rounded shape • Negroid – have a hyperbolic shape
Question • After the bones in the skull, what is the next important bone in the body for determining race?
Answer • The femur. It is used to rule out negroid and caucasoid.
Question • Besides, the bones in the skull and the femur, what other bones are used to determine race?
Answer • The bones of the pelvis.
Question • Identify three bones that are used for determining height.
Answer • The humerus, the femur and the radius. • The femur is the most important. It is approximately ¼ the height of a person. (yes, you need to know this)
Questions • 80% of unknown corpses are identified by _________________.
Answer • Dental records. Not DNA.
Questions How are bite mark preserved?
Answers • By dental castings, transparencies and photographs with a scale.
Question • Why is it important to preserve the bite mark as soon as possible?
Answer • Bite marks can change after 4 -36 hours. The bite mark on a dead person looks different than a bite mark on a living individual.
Question • What is sexual dimorphism?