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CSI: BONE DETECTIVES "Bones make great witnesses, they speak softly but they never forget and they never lie…." —Clyde Snow, American forensic anthropologist Forensic anthropologists are often an integral part of criminal investigations. It may be defined as the application of biological or physical anthropology in the service of justice. Forensic Anthropologists are often called upon to comprehensively analyze human skeletal remains at crime scenes. Forensic Anthropologists can often answer many questions: What caused the death? What kind of death was it – a homicide, a suicide, and accident or a natural death, or is the cause still undetermined? Did the individual have any anatomical peculiarities, signs of disease, or old injuries? Forensic Facial Reconstruction The skull provides clues to personal appearance. The brow ridge, the distance between the eye orbits, the shape of the nasal chamber, the shape and projection of the nasal bones, the chin's form, and the overall profile of the facial bones all determine facial features in life. There are two types of identification in forensic anthropology: circumstantial and positive. Circumstantial identification is established when an individual fits the biological profile of a set of skeletal remains.. Positive identification, one of the foremost goals of forensic science, is established when a unique set of biological characteristics of an individual ©Indian Forensic Org Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Page 1 are matched with a set of skeletal remains. BONE QUIZZ: TEST YOUR BONE KNOWLEDGE 1. a. b. c. d. Forensic anthropology deals with _________. human artifacts skeletal remains soft tissue all of the above 2. Anthropology has many sub-fields; which of the following includes forensic anthropology? a. archaeology b. cultural anthropology c. linguistic anthropology d. physical anthropology 3. a. b. c. d. About how many corpses are on the body farm? 300 50 40 100 4. a. b. c. d. You can tell the age of a skeleton by looking at: the length of the femur the number of fused bones the shape of the pelvis the color of the bones 5. Forensic anthropology involves the retrieval and identification of human remains. A skeleton provides a lot of information about the deceased. Which of the following is not able to be deduced from a modern human skeleton? a. intelligence b. occupation c. ethnic background d. ethnic background ©Indian Forensic Org Page 2