Recent advances in forensic anthropological methods and research / Ann H. Ross, Eugénia Cunha.
By: Ross, Ann H [author.]
Contributor(s): Cunha, Eugénia [author.]
Language: English Publisher: Basel : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2022Description: 1 online resource (258 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceSubject(s): Forensic anthropology -- Methodology | Forensic anthropology | Forensic AnthropologyGenre/Form: Juvenile worksDDC classification: 614.17 Online resources: Full text is available at the Directory of Open Access Books. Click here to view. Summary: 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 ravages of time given the right environment and may be the only remaining evidence left in a forensic case whether a week or decades old. Improved understanding of the intrinsic and extrinsic factors that modulate skeletal tissues allows researchers and practitioners to improve the accuracy and precision of identification methods ranging from establishing a biological profile such as estimating age-at-death, and population affinity, estimating time-since-death, using isotopes for geolocation of unidentified decedents, radiology for personal identification, histology to assess a live birth, to assessing traumatic injuries and so much more.| Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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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 ravages of time given the right environment and may be the only remaining evidence left in a forensic case whether a week or decades old. Improved understanding of the intrinsic and extrinsic factors that modulate skeletal tissues allows researchers and practitioners to improve the accuracy and precision of identification methods ranging from establishing a biological profile such as estimating age-at-death, and population affinity, estimating time-since-death, using isotopes for geolocation of unidentified decedents, radiology for personal identification, histology to assess a live birth, to assessing traumatic injuries and so much more.
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