Essays Tagged: "Forensic Anthropologist"

Decribing Forensic Anthropology in the book "Dead Men Do Tell Tales" by William Maples. Forensic anthropology is the examination of skeletal remains.

Forensic Anthropology"They are speaking secrets to me and to my students, yielding up hidden informa ... written by Williams R. Maples, Ph.D. He is referring to bones and how many stories they can tell to Forensic Anthropologists. Forensic anthropology is the examination of skeletal remains. This examina ... remains. This examination can be used to first determine if the remains are in fact human. Then the forensic anthropologist can determine the gender, approximate age, physical build, and likely racial ...

(3 pages) 86 0 3.8 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology

A Premature Funeral

ollow. If there is any bone fragments and no soft tissue it would be a very wise thing to call in a forensic anthropologist. Their specialty is the skeleton and from even very little pieces of bone, t ... ng on what type of fire and normally if a person has died due to fire a coroner/medical examiner or forensic anthropologist can say whether what the cause and manner of death were.When a body is burne ...

(3 pages) 21 0 0.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays

The Lost Man summary of the article by Douglass Preston

wick, Washington, thus getting the name "Kennewick Man," by two college students. James Chatters, a forensic anthropologist was called to identify the skull and projected the skull as having "Caucasoi ...

(2 pages) 32 0 3.8 Dec/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology

When Remains can't be Identified, Who you gonna call?

be found, but when they are, it can bring closure. When remains are beyond that easy recognition, a Forensic Anthropologist is there to help. Forensic Anthropologists are brought in by an investigativ ... logists are brought in by an investigative force to identify human remains, and find cause of death.Forensic Anthropologists are used to identify remains because they are too decomposed or damaged bey ...

(3 pages) 4 0 0.0 Oct/2014

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology