Forensic Anthropology - Skeletal analysis

Description

In this course, you will :

• Describe the scope of the field of anthropology;.
• Describe the scope of the field of forensic anthropology;.
• Identify the major bones of the human skeleton;.
• Distinguish human bones from animal bones;.
• Estimate sex of the individual from skeletal elements;.
• Estimate the age at death of the individual from skeletal elements;.
• Estimate the height and weight of the individual at death;.
• Calculate the minimum number of individuals in a skeletal assemblage;.
• Estimate ancestry from skeletal remains;.
• Identify and define traumatic lesions on human skeletal remains;.
• Understand how to produce a professional report on the results of the analysis;.
• Understand the ethical considerations of importance to physical anthropologists and forensic anthropologists..