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Impact of patrilocality on contrasting patterns of paternal and maternal heritage in Central-West Africa [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Despite their ancient past and high diversity, African populations are the least represented in human population genetic studies. In this study, uniparental markers (mtDNA and Y chromosome) were used to investigate the impact of sociocultural factors on ...
Masinda Nguidi, Verónica Gomes, Carlos Vullo, Pedro Rodrigues, Martina Rotondo, Micaela Longaray, Laura Catelli, Beatriz Martínez, Afonso Campos, Elizeu Carvalho, Victoria O. Orovboni, Samuel O. Keshinro, Filipa Simão, Leonor Gusmão   +13 more
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Population-specific validation of long bone linear discriminant analysis against morphoscopic pelvic methods for sex estimation in contemporary Italian skeletal remains. [PDF]

J Forensic Sci
Abstract Sex estimation represents a fundamental step in forensic identification protocols, traditionally relying on morphoscopic pelvic assessment. However, the increasing integration of machine learning approaches and population‐specific validation requirements necessitate comprehensive evaluation of alternative methodologies. This study provides the
Knecht S, Morandini P, Biehler-Gomez L, Ouladsine M, Roman C, Cattaneo C, Adalian P.   +6 more
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Antropología Forense: un instrumento de investigación y apoyo para frenar las violaciones de derechos humanos [PDF]

Revista de Ciencias Forenses de Honduras, 2022
La Antropología Forense aporta elementos que contribuyen para que las víctimas y sus familiares encuentren la verdad, la justicia, la memoria, la reparación y la reconciliación.
Diana Yenifer Servellón Castellanos
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Double disappearance: A problem that increases the forensic crisis in Mexico

Forensic Science International: Reports, 2022
Enforced disappearances in Mexico are due to criminal violence, but also to the State’s negligence, and its corresponding authorities and institutions, that elude their legal functions of keeping and guarding unidentified bodies in order to guarantee the
Dra. Isabel Beltrán-Gil
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Una fosa común en el interior de Argentina: el Cementerio de San Vicente

Revista del Museo de Antropologia, 2008
La Antropología Forense ha tenido un papel fundamental en las investigaciones sobre el terrorismo de estado en Argentina durante el último siglo, y todavía lo tiene: La exhumación de los cadáveres no identificados enterrados en fosas comunes y tumbas ...
Darío Olmo, Mercedes Salado Puerto
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Outside the borders of the state, abandonment. On the new forms of disappearance

Sociology Compass, Volume 17, Issue 6, June 2023., 2023
Abstract In this article I propose an expanded definition of the categories of “disappearance” and “disappeared” with which to address situations marked by abandonment. In the first movement, I provide a critical description of the scientific literature available about disappearance in several fields, in particular legal and political sociology.
Gabriel Gatti
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Restorative validity and healing through inquiry: A visual ethnographic case study in Guatemala

Conflict Resolution Quarterly, Volume 40, Issue 4, Page 383-404, Summer 2023., 2023
Abstract This case study is an exploration of the potential restorative and healing qualities of inquiry. The co‐authors—a university‐affiliated researcher, a Kaqchikel Maya community leader, and forensic anthropologists—document their stories navigating a participatory action research project as co‐researchers.
Giovanni P. Dazzo, Carmencita Cúmez, Erica Henderson, Fredy Peccerelli   +3 more
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3D‐3D facial registration method applied to personal identification: Does it work with limited portions of faces? An experiment in ideal conditions

Journal of Forensic Sciences, Volume 67, Issue 4, Page 1708-1714, July 2022., 2022
Abstract Personal identification of faces represents a challenging issue, especially for what concerns the quantification of the comparison. The 3D‐3D superimposition approach proved to distinguish between matches and mismatches. However, the potential of this procedure applied to cases where only parts of faces are visible still has to be verified ...
Daniele Gibelli, Andrea Palamenghi, Pasquale Poppa, Chiarella Sforza, Cristina Cattaneo, Danilo De Angelis   +5 more
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Mercury poisoning in two patients with tertiary syphilis from the Ca’ Granda hospital (17th‐century Milan)

Archaeometry, Volume 64, Issue 2, Page 500-510, April 2022., 2022
Abstract Syphilis was a widespread infectious disease in 17th‐century Italy, commonly treated with mercury‐based ointments and fumigations. Few reports exist on the analysis of abnormally high Hg levels in bone as a result of exposure to mercury‐containing anti‐syphilitic medicine. In this research, two crania recovered among the 2.9 million commingled
Lucie Biehler‐Gomez, Mirko Mattia, Carlotta Sala, Gaia Giordano, Domenico Di Candia, Carmelo Messina, Luca Maria Sconfienza, Antonia Francesca Franchini, Alessandro Porro, Paolo Maria Galimberti, Fabrizio Slavazzi, Cristina Cattaneo   +11 more
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An osteometric and 3D analysis of the atlanto‐occipital joint: An initial screening method to exclude crania and atlases in commingled remains

American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 177, Issue 3, Page 439-453, March 2022., 2022
Selection of the ROI from the superior face of atlas obtained with the VAM software. In the blue panel is depicted the over 200 points positioned in the articular surface contour in order to select the area of interest. The red panel shows the final representation of the selected area of interest: the superior articular surfaces of atlas remaining in ...
Annalisa Cappella, Luciana Affatato, Daniele Gibelli, Debora Mazzarelli, Matteo Zago, Claudia Dolci, Chiarella Sforza, Cristina Cattaneo   +7 more
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