FORENSIC
ANTHROPOLOGY
Contents
• 1 Introduction
• 2 History
• 3 Methods
• 4 How does it
works??????
• 5 Scope of
anthropology
• 6 Role of forensic
anthropologist
• 7 Modern uses
• 8 Is forensics anthropology
used to solve
What is forensic anthropology ?
Forensic anthropology is the application of
anatomical science
of anthropology and its various subfields.
A forensic anthropologist can assist in the
identification of
deceased individuals whose remains are
decomposed, burned,
History
Exhumed bodies of victims of the 1995
Srebrenica
Today,
Genocideforensic
in a anthropology is a well
mass grave found in
established
2007.
discipline within the forensic field.
Forensic anthropologists work in
conjunction with
forensic pathologists to identify remains
based on
their skeletal characteristics
It was
found in
2007
Sub types
Growth of Early
forensic
anthropol histor
ogy y
1. The growth of forensic
During the 194a0s, Krogman was the first
anthropology
anthropologist to actively
publicize anthropologists' potential forensic value.
The professionalization of the field began soon after,
during the
1950s and 1960s.
Early history
Thomas Dwight (1843-1911) is credited with being
the father of
forensic anthropology in the United states.
He was the first to write articles and essays and
give lectures on
human skeleton identification ,the original
designation of forensic
anthropology.
Methods
Types of methods
1)Determination of sex
2)Determination of
stature
3)Determination of age
4)Determination of
ancestry
How does this work ?????
Forensic anthropologists use regression equations to
determine sex,
age ,stature, and race of skeletal remains.
Regressions equations are mathematical equations
developed from
studies of bones of individuals of known sex , age , race
and stature
,and are used to predict such things of even
fragmentary skeletal
remains.
Scope of forensic
anthropology
1) The routine scope of this discipline is the identification
of:
Skeleton zed remains
Badly decomposed cadaver
Unidentified human remains
Ageing of individuals
Mass disaster and homicide victims
Discrimination of commingled
Skeletons or bones
7.Modern uses
Alternative light photography.
High speed ballistics photography .
Video spectral comparator 2000.
Digital surveillance for xbox (XFT
device).
3d forensic facial reconstruction.
DNA sequencer.
Forensic carbon -14 dating.
Link analysis software for forensic
accountants.
Magnetic finger printing and auto
mated finger
print identification .(AFIS)
Laser ablation inductively coupled
plasma
Role of forensic
anthropologist
The role a forensic anthropologist plays in a death
investigations
crucial to the field o forensic science as a whole .
Forensic anthropologist understand the forms and
variations of
various forms of skeletal properties , and apply their
knowledge to
their work in order to obtain reasonable conclusions.
Forensic study used in
solving murder cases
Determined cop who was the original investigator
into the murder
of Krystal Beslanowitch 18 years ago in Utah helped
The Disappearance of Sherri Miller and Pam
bring
Jackson,
The 1971
murder
resolution toofthis
Patricia
case Beard, 1987
he Shooting Death of Roy McCaleb, 1985
he murders of three prostitutes, 1990
Murder of Ranya Rison, 1993
The murder of Anna Palmer, 1998
Death of Pamela Shelley,
2001 of Sara Lynn Wineski, 2005
Murder
