Recent Advances in Forensic Anthropological Methods and Research

• Other Authors: Ross, Ann H. (Editor), Cunha, Eugénia (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Philosophy; taphonomy; bone proteomics; PMI; microbial decomposition; bioerosion; forensic sciences; race; ancestry; population affinity; craniofacial variation; geometric morphometrics; forensic anthropology; bioarchaeology; qualifications; expertise; knowledge; ethics; education; professionalization; standards; human identification; facial identification; CCTV; photography; forensic facial comparison; morphological analysis; FISWG; face mapping; disguises; MVC; 3D modelling; pair-matching; computed tomography; fragmentation; clavicle; DNA methylation (DNAm); epigenetic age estimation; multi-tissue age prediction models (APMs); Sanger sequencing; SNaPshot; degree of force; skeletal trauma; forensic pathology; review; evidence; opinion; likelihood ratio; Bayes' theorem; medicolegal death investigation; forensic significance; comparative osteology; human osteology; skeletal morphology; nonhuman; frontal sinus shape; outline analysis; elliptical Fourier analysis; radiology; forensic science; blunt force trauma; thermal alteration; thermal fractures; age estimation; femur length; pars basilaris shape; inverse Fourier transform; medication; drugs of abuse; biological profile; age-at-death estimation; machine learning; neural networks; n/a
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Forensic anthropology, while still relatively in its infancy compared to other forensic science disciplines, adopts a wide array of methods from many disciplines for human skeletal identification in medico-legal and humanitarian contexts. The human skeleton is a dynamic tissue that can withstand the...