Forensic Anthropology

Anthropology in a Forensic Context

Forensic Anthropology : Current Tools , Future Concepts

Traditionally, methodology within forensic anthropology has involved very basic techniques of measurement, observation and interpretation. Rooted in the academic fields of anatomy and physical anthropology, forensic anthropology has grown to address problems of recovery, determination of species, estimation of age at death, sex, ancestry, stature, postmortem interval, and the evaluation of evid...

Molecular Anthropology: Population and Forensic Genetic Applications

Molecular anthropology the study of human genetic polymorphisms is fast and ever-growing branch of anthropology that holds a great promise for both past and future. Indian subcontinent with its remarkable environmental, geographical, morphological, genetic, cultural and linguistic diversity provides immense promise for anthropological investigations to address origins of its people, population ...

Estimation and evidence in forensic anthropology: sex and race.

Forensic anthropology typically uses osteological and/or dental data either to estimate characteristics of unidentified individuals or to serve as evidence in cases where there is a putative identification. In the estimation context, the problem is to describe aspects of an individual that may lead to their eventual identification, whereas in the evidentiary context, the problem is to provide t...

Forensic anthropology casework-essential methodological considerations in stature estimation.

The examination of skeletal remains is a challenge to the medical examiner's/coroner's office and the forensic anthropologist conducting the investigation. One of the objectives of the medico-legal investigation is to estimate stature or height from various skeletal remains and body parts brought for examination. Various skeletal remains and body parts bear a positive and linear correlation wit...