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Recent advances in forensic anthropology [PDF]
Forensic Sciences Research, 2010 Forensic anthropology involves diverse applications of anthropological knowledge to medico-legal problems.
Douglas H. Ubelaker
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Identification of a decedent in a 103-year-old homicide case using forensic anthropology and genetic genealogy [PDF]
Forensic Sciences Research, 2022 Anthropologists are often the custodians of long-term unidentified human remains though their positions as curators of university or museum skeletal collections. Various factors decrease the solvability of these legacy cases including the passage of time,
Amy R. Michael +4 more
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Recent Advances in Forensic Anthropological Methods and Research [PDF]
Biology, 2022 This Special Issue, “Recent Advances in Forensic Anthropological Methods and Research”, with thirteen articles covers a wide range of highly diverse topics within forensic anthropology [...]
Eugénia Cunha, Ann H. Ross
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, 2021 Physical anthropology has been making progress in the field of forensic science. Forensic anthropology is the study of identifying and establishing identity of the skeletal remains present at the crime scene. The purpose of the chapter is to throw a light on the field of forensic anthropology as it seeks data like age, sex, ethnic groups, and other ...
Wagisha, Upadhyay, Purva +1 more
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Ancestry Studies in Forensic Anthropology: Back on the Frontier of Racism [PDF]
Biology, 2021 Simple Summary Within the practice of forensic anthropology ancestry is oftentimes used as a proxy for social race. This concept and its implications were explored via a content analysis (2009–2019) of the Journal of Forensic Sciences.
A. Ross, Shanna E Williams
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Speaking Truth to Power: Toward a Forensic Anthropology of Advocacy and Activism [PDF]
HumansOver the years, the field of forensic anthropology has become more diverse, bringing unique perspectives to a previously homogeneous field. This diversification has been accompanied by recognizing the need for advocacy and activism in an effort to ...
Donovan M. Adams +11 more
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The impact of scavenging: perspective from casework in forensic anthropology
Forensic Sciences Research, 2020 Forensic anthropology casework frequently encounters evidence of animal scavenging associated with fragmentation and loss of skeletal material. Published research demonstrates that patterns of destruction in bone can suggest the size and type of animal ...
D. Ubelaker, Cassandra M. DeGaglia
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Procedural and political aspects of forensic exhumation in Brazil [PDF]
Human Remains and Violence, 2017 Exhumation may be defined as the legally sanctioned excavation and recovery of the remains of lawfully buried or – occasionally – cremated individuals, as distinct from forensic excavations of clandestinely buried remains conducted as part of a criminal ...
Marco Aurelio Guimarães +8 more
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Current status of forensic anthropology in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region
Egyptian Journal of Forensic SciencesBackground Forensic anthropology has evolved significantly, from its foundations in the nineteenth century to its formal establishment in the twentieth century and in particular with modern advancements from the 1970s onward.
Cindy Mansour +2 more
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A global survey of the attitudes and perspectives of cognitive bias in forensic anthropology [PDF]
It is now well established that decision making can be susceptible to cognitive bias in a broad range of fields, with forensic science being no exception. Previously published research has revealed a bias blind spot in forensic science where examiners do
Leung, KN, Morgan, RM, Nakhaeizadeh, S
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