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Forensic Anthropology: Scope, Role, and Responsibilities for Aspiring Professionals
Beyond their contributions to identifying victims, forensic anthropologists play a critical role in the legal system by providing expert testimony in criminal cases. They...Read More
The frontal sinus forms unique structures for every individual: Anthropologists
researchers have found the development of the frontal sinus was affected more by sexual dimorphism than the ancestry of the individual and that it...Read More
New approach to skeletal age-estimation can help identify juvenile remains
New research by SFU archaeologists could help forensic teams in their work to estimate the age of the remains of children discovered during archaeological...Read More
Study suggest need to replace ‘ancestry’ in forensics with something more...
A new study finds forensics researchers use terms related to ancestry and race in inconsistent ways, and calls for the discipline to adopt a...Read More
Forensic Anthropology
Forensic anthropology is a particular sub-field of physical anthropology (the study of human remains) that involves applying skeletal analysis and techniques in archaeology to...Read More