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Explore the diverse methods in forensic anthropology tests - determining if the remains are human, identifying demographic details, assessing cause of death, facial reconstruction, and more to unravel mysteries.
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Process • 1st-Is it human? • Is it one person or more • When did death occur • Was the body disturbed after death • Age, gender,race,height • Cause of death-manner of death • Facial reconstruction
How bones show age • # of bones • Condition • Growth plate vs epiphysial line
Sutures • Sagittal-open less than 35 • Lambdoidal-starts at 21-closes at 30 • Coronal-closed at 50
height • Any Long Bone
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mDNA • Inherited from mom • Better preserved than DNA
What else? • Wound from weapon or animal or environment • Childbirth • Type of build • Line of work • Health • Disease or disorder