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The Historical Development of Forensic Anthropology

, 2021
Although the term “forensic anthropology” was employed in Germany and Austria in the early 1900s, it appeared in the early 1970s in the North American literature.
Ubelaker, Douglas
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A Coordinated U.S. Biobank Alliance for the Zoological and Conservation Community

Zoo Biology, EarlyView.
Coordinated biobanking across institutions (squares) makes biobank access more efficient and robust for research and conservation (human figure). ABSTRACT With dramatic advancements in biological data generation, genetic rescue and reproductive technologies, and inter‐institutional coordination of care across entire animal populations, zoos, aquariums,
Rachel A. Johnston, Lisa Moses, Danica Wolfe, Megan E. Brown, Asako Y. Chaille, Jennifer D'Agostino, Marietta D. Danforth, Jimmy Erkens, Alex J. Garretson, Diane P. Genereux, John A. Griffioen, Shelly Grow, Katherine D. Heineman, Adrienne Horrigan, Christina Hvilsom, Debbie Johnson, Elinor K. Karlsson, Jennifer R. Kropf, Kim Labuschagne, Carla B. Madelaire, Anna Mekarska, Sarah U. Morton, Piper Mullins, Francis J. Oliaro, Tahlia Perry, Budhan S. Pukazhenthi, Andrea S. Putnam, Tanya M. Salvey, Rachel Thompson, Andrew C. Richardson, Mark Kameron Roth, Cynthia C. Steiner, Andrew W. Torrance, Gregory J. Watkins‐Colwell, Michelle White, Eric J. Baitchman   +35 more
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Torture and scepticism in Papua New Guinea witch hunts Torture et scepticisme dans les chasses aux sorcières en Papouasie‐Nouvelle‐Guinée

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
For over a century, anthropologists have documented the many institutions that exist to respond to witchcraft and the uncanny that it names: oracles that attempt to produce certainty by naming the witch; moots in which grievances are aired; trials in magistrates’ courts that attempt to satisfy the community while preserving the life of the accused ...
Chloe Nahum‐Claudel
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Solving cold cases: The importance of new identification techniques in old cases of forensic anthropology

Forensic Science International: Reports
Scientific and technological developments experienced by forensic sciences have increased the possibility of human identification. Forensic anthropology has developed worldwide and has made significant progress in Brazil in the last 10 years.
Gabriela Araujo dos Santos, Talita Lima de Castro Espicalsky, Leticia Regina Alfaia Custódio, Melina Calmon Silva, Eugenia Cunha   +4 more
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The Timely Rise of a Teenage Reformer: Youth Revolt, Feminism and the Struggle for a ‘New Sexual Morality’ at the Dawn of the Spanish Second Republic

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The contributions of propagandist and writer Hildegart (1914–1933) to Spanish cultural life are overshadowed by accounts of her unusual upbringing and violent death. This article examines the conditions that enabled the teenager to become a prominent voice for feminism and sexual reform on the eve of Spain's Second Republic (1931–1939).
Micaela Pattison
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Field validation of blow fly age estimation methods for determining time of placement of human remains in Tennessee, USA

Journal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Forensic entomology currently represents one of the best approaches for estimating the minimum postmortem interval (PMIMIN) in medicolegal death investigations given certain parameters and assumptions are met. However, validation of standard estimation methods used in this field are few and far between.
Charity G. Owings, Hayden S. McKee‐Zech, Erin A. Patrick, Dawnie W. Steadman   +3 more
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Forensic challenges in a case of suspected filicide, matricide, and post‐mortem dismemberment

Journal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Familicide represents one of the most complex forms of domestic violence in forensic practice. Among intrafamilial homicides, filicide and matricide pose major medico‐legal and criminological challenges, particularly when autopsy findings are nonspecific or severely altered by post‐mortem changes.
Isabella Caristo, Rosario Barranco, Giulio Fraternali Orcioni, Domenico Coviello, Francesco Ventura   +4 more
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Forensically significant microbial community responses to aboveground cadaver decomposition in Southeast Texas soils

Journal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract During vertebrate decomposition, a purge of nutrient‐rich fluids enters the surrounding soil producing a localized nutrient hotspot. The composition of microbial communities at the soil surface is known to predictably change in response to this influx of decomposition fluids over time.
Victoria Nieciecki, Elizabeth Edwards, Valerie A. Seitz, Alexandra L. Emmons, Aeriel Belk, Zachary M. Burcham, Heather Deel, Rob Knight, Sibyl Bucheli, Aaron Lynne, Jessica L. Metcalf   +10 more
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UNIDENTIFIED BODIES IN MILAN (ITALY): THE ROLE OF FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY

, 2002
The presentation aims at exposing the issue of unknown decedents in Italy with epidemiological data from the Institute of Legal Medicine in Milan: the identificative methods and the importance of forensic anthropology will be exposed as ...
C. Cattaneo, M. Grandi, B. Polo Grillo, G. Giovanetti, D. E. A. Steffenini, D. De Angelis, D. Porta   +6 more
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Evaluating the effects of age on pubic morphoscopic traits for sex estimation in a South African sample

Journal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract The pelvis is one of the most reliable skeletal elements for sex estimation, with three pubic morphoscopic features regarded as highly sexually dimorphic. However, the extent to which age‐related skeletal remodeling influences the expression of these traits and their utility for sex estimation remains unclear.
Leandi Liebenberg, Sarah‐Kelly Houston, Jolandie Myburgh, Desiré Brits   +3 more
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