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Forensic anthropology is the application of the science of physical or biological anthropology to the legal process. Physical or biological anthropologists who specialize in forensics primarily focus their studies on the human skeleton. The word Forensic, comes from the latin word forensus meaning of the forum, which is where debates and trials were held. Professor Jim Spencer from Syracuse University explains what a forensic anthropologist does. The Professor explains that anthropologist study skeletal remains and attempt to answer any questions of legal importance. Forensic anthropologist spend a lot of time learning and studying human bones. Forensic anthropologists apply standard scientific techniques developed in physical anthropology to analyze human remains, and to pinpoint the detection of crime. Forensic anthropologist assist in locating and recovering human skeletal remains, work to assess the age, sex, ancestry, stature, and unique features of a skeletal remain. In this, about 99% of the time they can find the victim. The skull, clavicle, sternum, humerus, ulna, radius (thumb side), spine, ribs, pelvis, femur, tibia, and fibula are the bones that anthropologist need to know inside and out. Those are the bones that help identify the remains of a victim. You cannot always get the sex or age of the victim from the bones, it depends on how much the bones have aged from the time someone died, to the time someone found the bones. Forensic anthropologists frequently work in conjunction with forensic pathologists, odontologists, and homicide investigators to identify a decedent, document trauma to the skeleton, and/or estimate the postmortem interval. This helps homicide investigators get a ballpark estimate of when the victim died, how they died and sometimes how much force had to take place in order for them to die. There are many different fields that involve anthropology some of which were stated in the video, the top five I have listed and given a brief description of what they do. First, is physical anthropology, it provides a biological perspective to the systematic study of human beings. Second is archeology, which studies the human history or prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analyzes artifacts and other physical remains. Third, is cultural anthropology, this field scientifically studies human culture and includes social structure, language, religion, art, and technology. Fourth, is linguistics which scientifically studies language and its structure, and includes the study of morphology, syntax, phonetics, and semantics. Fifth, is applied anthropology and it refers to the application of a method and theory of anthropology and analyzes possible solutions of practical problems. All these fields go hand and hand with forensic anthropology. The one subfield that really relates to forensics is applied anthropology. Both study how and why something happened and both try to answer the possible questions that come up during an autopsy. During this lecture Professor Spencer helps the class know what it takes to become a forensic anthropologist. He gives real life examples of examining bones and how you are able to tell what happened to what victim and the key things to look at while examining the body/bones.
Forensic anthropology is the application of the science of physical or biological anthropology to the legal process. Physical or biological anthropologists who specialize in forensics primarily focus their studies on the human skeleton. The word Forensic, comes from the latin word forensus meaning of the forum, which is where debates and trials were held. Professor Jim Spencer from Syracuse University explains what a forensic anthropologist does. The Professor explains that anthropologist study skeletal remains and attempt to answer any questions of legal importance. Forensic anthropologist spend a lot of time learning and studying human bones. Forensic anthropologists apply standard scientific techniques developed in physical anthropology to analyze human remains, and to pinpoint the detection of crime. Forensic anthropologist assist in locating and recovering human skeletal remains, work to assess the age, sex, ancestry, stature, and unique features of a skeletal remain. In this, about 99% of the time they can find the victim. The skull, clavicle, sternum, humerus, ulna, radius (thumb side), spine, ribs, pelvis, femur, tibia, and fibula are the bones that anthropologist need to know inside and out. Those are the bones that help identify the remains of a victim. You cannot always get the sex or age of the victim from the bones, it depends on how much the bones have aged from the time someone died, to the time someone found the bones. Forensic anthropologists frequently work in conjunction with forensic pathologists, odontologists, and homicide investigators to identify a decedent, document trauma to the skeleton, and/or estimate the postmortem interval. This helps homicide investigators get a ballpark estimate of when the victim died, how they died and sometimes how much force had to take place in order for them to die. There are many different fields that involve anthropology some of which were stated in the video, the top five I have listed and given a brief description of what they do. First, is physical anthropology, it provides a biological perspective to the systematic study of human beings. Second is archeology, which studies the human history or prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analyzes artifacts and other physical remains. Third, is cultural anthropology, this field scientifically studies human culture and includes social structure, language, religion, art, and technology. Fourth, is linguistics which scientifically studies language and its structure, and includes the study of morphology, syntax, phonetics, and semantics. Fifth, is applied anthropology and it refers to the application of a method and theory of anthropology and analyzes possible solutions of practical problems. All these fields go hand and hand with forensic anthropology. The one subfield that really relates to forensics is applied anthropology. Both study how and why something happened and both try to answer the possible questions that come up during an autopsy. During this lecture Professor Spencer helps the class know what it takes to become a forensic anthropologist. He gives real life examples of examining bones and how you are able to tell what happened to what victim and the key things to look at while examining the body/bones.