Forensic anthropology is the study of human remains – usually skeletal remains – to help with criminal investigations. If anyone can answer the question “What is forensic anthropology?” it’s Dr. Ann ...

A seasoned deer hunter is shocked when his hound dog trots up with a human femur clenched between its teeth. A woman veers off her normal urban walking path and happens upon a human skull. New ...

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) -- The human body has 206 bones, each one holds a lot of information about who we are. Heather Garvin, a board-certified forensic anthropologist for the state of Iowa, is ...

Forensic anthropology : embracing the new paradigm / Dennis C. Dirkmaat and Luis L. Cabo -- Documenting context at the outdoor crime scene: why bother? / Dennis C. Dirkmaat -- Determining the forensic ...

In the late summer of 2020, four months after Emily Noble was reported missing, her badly decomposed remains were discovered in a wooded area near her home in Westerville, Ohio, a town just outside ...

Series numbering inferred from list of individual titles on series title page. Contents 1. Forensic anthropology and archaeology : moving forward / Soren Blau and Douglas H. Ubelaker -- Part I.

Forensic anthropologists face mental health risks due to chronic exposure to violent death. Vicarious trauma and burnout can arise even without direct experience of violence.

American crime writer and forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs (Weinberg M.A. ’72, Ph.D. ’75) will receive the 2023 Alumnae Award, The Alumnae of Northwestern University announced Monday. The annual ...

When a medical examiner needs help identifying a deceased person and determining how that person died, they turn to forensic anthropologists. To aid in the identification of unknown human remains, ...

Forensic anthropological (the study of skeletonized remains in medico-legal settings) analyses and reports include diverse information that may help in establishing identifications, cause or manner of ...

Schuylkill County Coroner Dr. David J. Moylan III has enlisted the services of a forensic anthropologist to help identify the body of a man found in East Norwegian Twp. on Jan. 11. Dr. Dennis Dirkmaat ...

When does a forensic anthropologist become involved? “Forensic anthropologists usually work in three broad categories,” said Texas State professor Jerry Melbye. “The first is working on mass disasters ...