forensic anthropology
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Outdated Forensics Might Be Detrimental To Identifying Human Remains
The analysis of parturition scars has been commonly used in forensic science since it was first suggested in the 1910s. The method assumes that these scars can tell investigators if skeletal remains belong to a woman who has given birth. Now, after more than a century, researchers from The Australian National University have suggested that…
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The Coldest Of The Cold Cases: Using DNA To Identify Century-Old Remains
In a dusty, seemingly empty field 100km east of Los Angeles, Dr Alexis Grey, a forensic anthropologist from the San Bernardino County Sheriff Department, points to a chain-link fence far in the distance, the mountains rising beyond in the hazy heat. “There are 7000 people between us and that next fence there,” she says. For…