Decomposition research is still in its infancy, but significant advances have occurred within
forensic anthropology and other disciplines in the past several decades. Decomposition …

Blunt force trauma is one of the most common injuries encountered by the forensic
pathologist in a variety of scenarios such as transportation fatalities, jumping or falling from …

One of the aims of forensic science is to determine the identities of victims of crime. In some
cases the investigators may have ideas as to the identities of the victims and in these …

Global environmental change and recent worldwide infectious-disease outbreaks make the
ecological perspective of medical anthropology more important a field of study than ever. In …

Forensic pathologists commonly use computed tomography (CT) images to assist in
determining the cause and manner of death as well as for mass disaster operations. Even …

In a recent examination of forensic anthropology, scientists suggested that stagnation of the
field and advancements in DNA technology have made the discipline less applicable to …

Designed as an accessible introduction to basic scientific principles and their application in
professional practice, Forensic Biology provides a concise overview of the field. Focusing …

Context: Information on methods of age estimation in physical anthropology, in particular
with regard to age-at-death from human skeletal remains, is widely available in the literature …

Sex Estimation of the Human Skeleton is a comprehensive work on the theory, methods, and
current issues for sexing human skeletal remains. This work provides practitioners a starting …

The biological profile, conducted by a forensic anthropologist, is necessary for severely
decomposed or skeletonized remains. The biological profile consists of estimates of sex …