The Texas State Donated Skeletal Collection at the Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State

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The Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State (FACTS) began accepting whole-body donations for scientific research and educational purposes under the Anatomical Gift Act in 2008. Research conducted with donated whole bodies involves studies taphonomy human decomposition, including reconstructing postmortem interval. Following skeletal elements of all donors are collected, cleaned, permanently curated into Donated Skeletal Collection (TXSTDSC), which is used teaching by faculty students but also open to external researchers. To date, FACTS has received 710 donors. Fifty-eight percent male 42% female. Donor ages range from 21 weeks’ gestation 103 years old time death, a mean 66 years, median 68 years. Based on self-identified or family-identified ancestry, 90% White, 4.5% Hispanic, 3% Black, less than 2% mixed 1% Asian Native American. Information collected about each donor includes geographic/residential history; occupational socioeconomic status; anthropometrics; parity alcohol, tobacco, drug use mobility an overall health questionnaire; cause manner death.

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عنوان ژورنال: Forensic sciences

سال: 2021

ISSN: ['2673-6756']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/forensicsci2010002