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Forensic Anthropologist

Learn about the fascinating work of forensic anthropologists in identifying individuals and determining crucial information such as gender, age, and ancestry from skeletal remains using specialized tools and methods. Discover how they reconstruct faces and analyze bone structures to solve mysteries.

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Forensic Anthropologist

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  1. Forensic Anthropologist http://www.lovefilm.com/lovefilm/images/products/9/74039-large.jpg

  2. What Forensic Anthropologist Do? They ask: • Who is it? • What happened? Creat a biological Profile: • Gender • Age • Ancestry • Stature 

  3. Tools of the trade http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44976000/jpg/_44976315_51cfd838-538e-4f31-b228-c0feb745e5b7.jpg Rulers & Calipers for measuring Reconstructing a face with Software or Clay http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/arch/images/BioArch/Bone_xray.jpg X-ray machine http://media.225batonrouge.com/img/photos/2007/10/25/ShowMeYours-MaryManhein2.vu.jpg http://tnjn.com/content/storyimage/2008/02/12/half-face.box.jpg

  4. What they can find out from skulls Determine Race by nose structure Determine Age by skull shape and growth structures Determine Gender by skull features http://shs.westport.k12.ct.us/forensics/11-forensic_anthropology/skeletal_analysis_worksheet.htm science.marshall.edu/.../Introduction+to+Forensic+Science+Lecture+8+Ant.ppt

  5. What they can find out from Pelvis Determining Gender by angles, size and shape of hipbone http://shs.westport.k12.ct.us/forensics/11-forensic_anthropology/skeletal_analysis_worksheet.htm

  6. Skeletal Age Skeletal age can be determined by looking at the following: -sutures of the skull -teeth -ribs -vertebrae -growth areas of the long bones: epiphyses www.physiostuff.com/Product-Basic-Skeleton

  7. Teeth Incisors →Canines→Molars Older person’s teeth: Worn Down/Missing Sutures of the Skull Young child: Bones - OPEN. Age Seven - all bones have finished growing. www.chaos.co.za/anthropology/lad/index.html

  8. Ribs Older - Front Part - Bony Spikes. Vertebrae Older - Bony Spikes This starts at 40 years of age. www.chaos.co.za/anthropology/lad/index.html

  9. Epiphyseal Fusion Fusion of bone ends (epiphysis) to bone shaft (metaphysis) indicates age. Figure 1 • Lines of cartilage between the bone and the epiphyses. • Lines are very clear on a person going through puberty. Figure 2 • No visible lines of cartilage • Epiphyses have fully joined • Person is out of puberty and into adulthood Figure 1. Figure 2. http://library.med.utah.edu/kw/osteo/forensics/index.html

  10. Sources Colorado State University: Forensic Anthropology [Internet]. 2008. [accessed 2009 June 19]. Available from: http://www.wadsworth.com/anthropology_d/special_features/forensics/forensics_index/ Analysis of Skeletal Remains – Worksheet [Internet]. 2006. [accessed 2009 June 19]. Available from: http://shs.westport.k12.ct.us/forensics/11-forensic_anthropology/skeletal_analysis_worksheet.htm Kutztown University: Forensic Anthropology [Internet]. 2004. [accessed 2009 June 19]. Available from: http://www.anthro4n6.net/forensics/ Life After Death [Internet]. [accessed 2009 June 19]. Available from: http://www.chaos.co.za/anthropology/lad/index.html Epiphyseal Fusion [Internet]. [accessed 2009 June 19]. Available from: http://library.med.utah.edu/kw/osteo/forensics/index.html

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