Forensic anthropologists assist law enforcement agencies and medical examiner's offices
with investigations involving human remains, providing insight into trauma analysis, the …

Introduction to Forensic Anthropology provides comprehensive coverage of key methods
and issues in forensic anthropology. Using terminology and best practices recommended by …

Abstract In 1992, Norm Sauer called for a language shift in which practitioners would move
away from the socially loaded term “race” and replace it with the less provocative term …

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 …

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 …

Forensic Anthropology DOI: 10.5744/fa. 2020.0046 associated definitions within biological
(formerly physical) anthropology have been well documented (for thorough considerations …

Traditional education in biological anthropology relies primarily on hands-on, highly visual
experiences. Forensic anthropologists, bioarchaeologists, and osteologists in general …

Abstract The 1993 US Supreme Court decision Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals,
Inc. presented new guidance for the judicial assessment of expert witness evidence and …

To understand the implications of the forensic anthropological practice of “ancestry”
estimation, we explore terminology that has been employed in forensic anthropological …

Human remains from forensic and bioarcheological contexts are often fragmentary, requiring
methods for estimating a forensic profile that are based upon limited skeletal features. In …