Chapter 14 Human Remains and Forensic Anthropology Unit
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Chapter 14 Human Remains and Forensic Anthropology
Unit Objectives • distinguish between a female and a male skeleton • give an age range after examining unknown skeletal remains • describe differences in skull features among the three major racial categories • estimate an individual’s height by measuring long bones • use technology and mathematics to improve scientific investigations and communications • identify questions and concepts that guide scientific investigations • communicate and defend a scientific argument
• Forensic Anthropology is a type of applied anthropology that specializes in the changes and variations in the human skeleton for the purpose of legal inquiry.
Forensic Anthropology, continued • A forensic anthropologist may provide basic identification information on skeletonized or badly decomposed remains. • From a whole bone or part of a bone, the scientist may be able to determine: – An age range – Gender – Race – Approximate height – Cause of death, disease, or anomaly
Osteology: the study of bones • There are 206 bones in the average adult human body. • Functions of bones include: – Provide structure and rigidity – Protect soft tissue and organs – Serve as an attachment for muscles – Produce blood cells – Can detoxify the body by removing heavy metals and other foreign elements from the blood
• Bones are held together by: – Cartilage – wraps the ends of bones and keeps them from scraping one another – Ligaments – bands that connect two or more bones together – Tendons – muscle to bone
Types of Bones • Bones are classified according to function: – Long – used for large movement; ie: femur – Short – for small movement; ie: carpals and tarsals – Flat – thin bones usually protect organs; ie: cranium, scapulae, ribs – Irregular – used for special functions; ie: vertebrae – Sesamoid – usually embedded in tendons, used to protect the integrity of tendons; ie: patella
Now, time for a jigsaw activity! You will be teaching yourselves and each other the methods used by forensic anthropologists to identify certain characteristics about human skeletal remains
Chapter 14 review forensic science
Chapter 13 forensic anthropology
Chapter 13 forensic anthropology
Forensic anthropology
Nasal silling guttering
Nasal silling guttering
Forensic anthropology data bank
Chapter 14 human remains
Forensic pathologist vs forensic anthropologist
Forensic psychiatry vs forensic psychology
Anthropology appreciating human diversity
