Molecular anthropology the study of human genetic polymorphisms is fast and ever-growing branch of anthropology that holds a great promise for both past and future. Indian subcontinent with its remarkable environmental, geographical, morphological, genetic, cultural and linguistic diversity provides immense promise for anthropological investigations to address origins of its people, population ...

The idea behind this Topical Collection derives from the growing interest in forensic sciences, specifically anthropology and study of human remains, supporting argument that has favored Documented Human Osteological Collections (DHOCs) [...]

s are given in alphabetical order by senior author; all papers are podium presentations unless noted otherwise. (1) BENEFIEL, Angela. "Forensic Anthropology and Automobile Accidents." (poster presentation) Automobile accidents account for a large number of fatalities each year in the United States. The application and practice of forensic anthropology to such fatalities is a valuable resource f...

Awad E Osman1*, Habiba Alsafar2, Guan K Tay3, Jasem BJM Theyab4, Mohamed Mubasher1, Nezar Eltayeb-El Sheikh1, Hanan AlHarthi1, Michael H. Crawford5 and Gehad El Ghazali6 1PCLM, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh 11525, Saudi Arabia 2Khalifa University of Science Technology and Research, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 3Centre for Forensic Science, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, West...

An experimental study was designed to examine cognitive biases within forensic anthropological non-metric methods in assessing sex, ancestry and age at death. To investigate examiner interpretation, forty-one non-novice participants were semi randomly divided into three groups. Prior to conducting the assessment of the skeletal remains, two of the groups were given different extraneous contextu...