Ancestry estimation in forensic anthropology: A review

RR Dunn, MC Spiros, KR Kamnikar… - Wiley …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Forensic anthropologists assist law enforcement agencies and medical examiner's offices
with investigations involving human remains, providing insight into trauma analysis, the …

Recentering forensic anthropology within a multifaceted body of evolutionary theory: Strengthening method by making theory explicit

AP Winburn, AD Yim, MK Stock - American Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The discipline of forensic anthropology has been critiqued for its lack of a theoretical basis.
In response, practitioners often assert that their analyses are implicitly grounded in …

Commentary on: Bethard JD, DiGangi EA. Letter to the Editor—Moving beyond a lost cause: Forensic anthropology and ancestry estimates in the United States. J …

KE Stull, EJ Bartelink, AR Klales… - Journal of Forensic …, 2021 - search.ebscohost.com
Abstract Letter to the Editor-Moving beyond a lost cause: Forensic anthropology and
ancestry estimates in the United States. Bethard and DiGangi opened a dialogue on the …

[PDF][PDF] Assumed differences; unquestioned typologies: The oversimplification of race and ancestry in forensic anthropology

SD Tallman, NM Parr, AP Winburn - Forensic Anthropology, 2021 - academia.edu
Forensic Anthropology DOI: 10.5744/fa. 2020.0046 associated definitions within biological
(formerly physical) anthropology have been well documented (for thorough considerations …

Pedagogical access and ethical considerations in forensic anthropology and bioarchaeology

MC Spiros, AM Plemons, JA Biggs - Science & Justice, 2022 - Elsevier
Traditional education in biological anthropology relies primarily on hands-on, highly visual
experiences. Forensic anthropologists, bioarchaeologists, and osteologists in general …

The Texas state donated skeletal collection at the forensic anthropology center at Texas state

TP Gocha, SR Mavroudas, DJ Wescott - Forensic Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State (FACTS) began accepting whole-body
donations for scientific research and educational purposes under the Texas Anatomical Gift …

Ancestry estimation using cranial and postcranial macromorphoscopic traits

MC Spiros, JT Hefner - Journal of Forensic Sciences, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Ancestry estimation methods using macromorphoscopic (MMS) traits commonly focus
exclusively on cranial morphology. The objective of this study was to demonstrate the value …

[PDF][PDF] On WEIRD Anthropologists and Their White Skeletons.

MC Go, N Yukyi, EY Chu - Forensic Anthropology (University of …, 2021 - researchgate.net
Most forensic anthropologists and the populations they study are WEIRD—that is, Western,
educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic. In their interventions into the WEIRD, Clancy …

Secular change in morphological cranial and mandibular trait frequencies in European Americans born 1824–1987

GS Kilroy, SD Tallman… - American Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Secular change in cranial and postcranial morphometrics and morphological
traits has been documented in several studies. However, to date, few studies have …

Agreement and error rates associated with standardized data collection protocols for skeletal and dental data on 3D virtual subadult crania

LK Corron, KA Broehl, EY Chu… - Forensic Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Observer error and agreement rates for craniometrics, odontometrics, and cranial and dental
morphological traits have been inconsistently evaluated on three-dimensional cranial …