Forensic Anthropology · Free course
Forensic Anthropology: The Basics
A beginner introduction to forensic anthropology: how experts tell human from animal bone, estimate sex, age, stature and population affinity, read bone trauma and taphonomy, recover remains, and support disaster victim identification, with honest limits and Indian examples such as Roopkund and Ajnala.
About 45 min · 9 questions
What you’ll cover
- What forensic anthropology is and what it can tell you
- A short history: from Dwight to Roopkund
- The skeleton, and is it even human?
- Building a biological profile
- Bone trauma and taphonomy
- Recovering remains and disaster victim identification
- In court, common errors and how to study further
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