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What Forensic Anthropologist Do? They ask: Who is it? What happened? Creat a biological Profile: Gender Age Ancestry Stature
Tools of the trade Rulers & Calipers for measuring http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44976000/jpg/_44976315_51cfd838-538e-4f31-b228-c0feb745e5b7.jpg Rulers & Calipers for measuring Reconstructing a face with Software or Clay http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/arch/images/BioArch/Bone_xray.jpg X-ray machine http://media.225batonrouge.com/img/photos/2007/10/25/ShowMeYours-MaryManhein2.vu.jpg http://tnjn.com/content/storyimage/2008/02/12/half-face.box.jpg
What they can find out from skulls Determine Race by nose structure Determine Age by skull shape and growth structures Determine Gender by skull features science.marshall.edu/.../Introduction+to+Forensic+Science+Lecture+8+Ant.ppt http://shs.westport.k12.ct.us/forensics/11-forensic_anthropology/skeletal_analysis_worksheet.htm
What they can find out from Pelvis Determining Gender by angles, size and shape of hipbone http://shs.westport.k12.ct.us/forensics/11-forensic_anthropology/skeletal_analysis_worksheet.htm
Skeletal Age Skeletal age can be determined by looking at the following: -sutures of the skull -teeth -ribs -vertebrae -growth areas of the long bones: epiphyses www.physiostuff.com/Product-Basic-Skeleton
Incisors →Canines→Molars Teeth Incisors →Canines→Molars Older person’s teeth: Worn Down/Missing Sutures of the Skull Young child: Bones - OPEN. Age Seven - all bones have finished growing. www.chaos.co.za/anthropology/lad/index.html
Older - Front Part - Bony Spikes. Ribs Older - Front Part - Bony Spikes. Vertebrae Older - Bony Spikes This starts at 40 years of age. www.chaos.co.za/anthropology/lad/index.html
Epiphyseal Fusion Fusion of bone ends (epiphysis) to bone shaft (metaphysis) indicates age. Figure 1 Lines of cartilage between the bone and the epiphyses. Lines are very clear on a person going through puberty. Figure 2 No visible lines of cartilage Epiphyses have fully joined Person is out of puberty and into adulthood Figure 1. Figure 2. http://library.med.utah.edu/kw/osteo/forensics/index.html 9
Sources Colorado State University: Forensic Anthropology [Internet]. 2008. [accessed 2009 June 19]. Available from: http://www.wadsworth.com/anthropology_d/special_features/forensics/forensics_index/ Analysis of Skeletal Remains – Worksheet [Internet]. 2006. [accessed 2009 June 19]. Available from: http://shs.westport.k12.ct.us/forensics/11-forensic_anthropology/skeletal_analysis_worksheet.htm Kutztown University: Forensic Anthropology [Internet]. 2004. [accessed 2009 June 19]. Available from: http://www.anthro4n6.net/forensics/ Life After Death [Internet]. [accessed 2009 June 19]. Available from: http://www.chaos.co.za/anthropology/lad/index.html Epiphyseal Fusion [Internet]. [accessed 2009 June 19]. Available from: http://library.med.utah.edu/kw/osteo/forensics/index.html