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Determining ‘Age at Death’ for Forensic Purposes using Human Bone by a Laboratory-based Analytical Method

, 2013
Determination of age-at-death (AAD) is an important and frequent requirement in contemporary forensic science and in the reconstruction of past populations and societies from their remains.
Giles, R., Zioupos, Peter, Zioupos, P., Williams, A., Christodoulou, G., Williams, Anna   +5 more
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Unveiling the female experience through adult mortality and survivorship in Milan over the last 2000 years

Scientific Reports
This study challenges historical paradigms using a large-scale integrated bioarchaeological approach, focusing on the female experience over the last 2,000 years in Milan, Italy.
Lucie Biehler-Gomez, Samantha Yaussy, Claudia Moro, Paolo Morandini, Marta Mondellini, Daniele Petrosino, Mirko Mattia, Beatrice del Bo, Cristina Cattaneo   +8 more
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The Use of Paranasal Sinuses in Human Identification: Useful Concepts for Forensic Practitioners

Forensic Sciences
Background: Positive identification is at the forefront of tasks for forensic practitioners when a set of remains is discovered. Standard means of identification include fingerprints, dental, and DNA analyses; however, additional methods are utilized by ...
Joe Adserias-Garriga, Hannah Skropits, Brailey Moeder   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Commentary on "Incorporating a structural vulnerability framework into the forensic anthropology curriculum". [PDF]

Forensic Sci Int Synerg, 2023
Palamenghi A, Biehler-Gomez L, Mattia M, Cattaneo C.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Autopsy, deathways, and intercultural healthcare in the southern Peruvian Andes Autopsie, pratiques mortuaires et soins de santé interculturels dans le sud des Andes péruviennes

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 456-473, June 2026.
While death remains a popular topic for anthropology, relatively few ethnographic accounts consider the modern bureaucratic processes accompanying it. One such process is public health autopsy, which scholars have largely taken for granted. Existing analysis has regarded it as a form of ‘cultural brokering’ and autopsy reluctance in communities is seen,
David M.R. Orr
wiley   +1 more source

‘Vitamins’, shortcuts, and athletic citizenship in Ethiopia and Cameroon: considering sporting ethics beyond biomedicine « Vitamines », courts‐circuits et citoyenneté sportive en Éthiopie et au Cameroun : l’éthique du sport, au‐delà de la biomédecine

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 494-515, June 2026.
This article argues that the current way of thinking about ethics in sport in primarily biomedical terms, and in particular in terms of the presence of particular pharmaceutical substances, fails to account for broader notions of sporting ethics and fairness in the Global South.
Michael Crawley, Uroš Kovač
wiley   +1 more source

Mandibular torus as a potential piece in the human remains identification puzzle

Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences
Background The human identification of burned or heavily decomposed remains is a great challenge in forensic anthropology, particularly for professionals who work with limited resources in a violent environment.
Luciana Mendes Rocha, Eliana dos Santos Câmara-Pereira, Patricia Shirley de Almeida Prado   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of Abortion Bans on Emergency Care for Patients With Vaginal Bleeding: An Ethnographic Analysis

Academic Emergency Medicine, Volume 33, Issue 6, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Background The Dobbs decision enabled widespread state abortion bans, creating legal ambiguity for clinicians managing reproductive emergencies in the ED. While impacts on obstetricians are documented, less is known about how these laws influence emergency medicine practice. We explored how ED clinicians navigate care for patients with vaginal
Andreia B. Alexander, Kathryn J. LaRoche, Risa Cromer, Brownsyne Tucker Edmonds, Lori Freedman   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sex estimation in forensic anthropology using the radius, femur, And scapula

, 2016
According to the American Board of Forensic Anthropology, "forensic anthropologists apply standard scientific techniques developed in physical anthropology to analyze human remains, and to aid in the detection of crime" (ABFA, 2010).
Longe, Simone
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Ancestry estimation in forensic anthropology: accuracy of the AncesTrees software in a Brazilian sample. [PDF]

Forensic Sci Res, 2023
Jacometti V, Guimarães MA, de Moraes LOC, Marques SR, Cunha E, da Silva RHA.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source