forensic anthropology
Skeletal crime science
Forensic anthropology is the application of physical anthropology to legal matters, particularly the identification of human remains.
Forensic anthropologists examine skeletal remains to determine age, sex, ancestry, stature, and cause of death—information crucial in criminal investigations, mass disasters, and war crimes tribunals.
The forensic anthropologist concluded the bones belonged to a female in her thirties.
- skullHead's bone casing
- mandibleLower facial bone
- bone fragmentsBroken pieces of skeleton
- body farmDecomposition research facility
- time of deathWhen someone officially dies
femur · craniometry · chain of custody · pelvis · DNA profiling · mass graves · unmarked grave · archaeological excavation · cause of death · tibia · bone density · morgue · trauma · evidence · skeleton · DNA · remains · victim
- anthropologyfieldwork, ethnography, paleoanthropology, ethnology, archaeology
- forensicsDNA, DNA analysis, fingerprints, forensics, criminalistics
- skeletal analysishuman remains, osteology, long bones, sex determination, bone age
- bonesskull, femur, tibia, skulls, humerus
- true crimetrue crime, cold case, crime docs, unsolved mystery, murder mystery
- human biologygenetics, DNA analysis, nutrition, human evolution, human origins
forensic anthropologyforensic pathology
Medical death investigation
autopsy · forensic odontology · histology · toxicology · DNA analysis
forensic anthropologybioarchaeology
Science of excavated remains
paleoanthropology · osteology · cultural anthropology · ethnography
forensic anthropologydigital forensics
Analyzing electronic evidence legally
forensic accounting · ballistics · forensic linguistics · crime scene reconstruction · fingerprint analysis