Forensic Anthropology
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Forensic Anthropology Douglas H. Ubelaker
DEFINITIONS Forensic anthropology represents the application of our knowledge and techniques of physical anthropology to medico-legal problems. Historically, such applications have focused on skeletal remains, although issues involving soft tissue are at times included. With skeletal remains forensic anthropologists are asked to offer opinions if the evidence represents human, non-human animals, or other materials. If the remains are thought to be human, then analysis is directed toward such problems as determining the age at death, sex, ancestry, living stature, postmortem interval (time since death), anatomical parts represented, the presence of disease or injury and if so, any treatment of the conditions, any unusual features that might facilitate identification, any evidence of injury that might have ⋅ ¸can & contributed to death and postmortem change ( Is ⋅ Kennedy, 1989; Krogman & Is¸can, 1986; Maples and Browning, 1994; Rathbun & Buikstra, 1984; Reichs, 1998; Rhine, 1998; Stewart, 1970, 1979; Ubelaker, 1999a; Ubelaker & Scammell, 1992). Evidence of postmortem change is important because it can (1) contribut
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