This paper evaluates research in Forensic Anthropology (FA) in order to report on the state of this field of science. In particular, we carried out a review of all PubMed-listed scientific studies in the past decades using "forensic anthropology" as the keyword. In our "meta-analysis", we observed variation in the number of publications per 2-year interval throughout the study period. In total,...

The present brief review is a survey of the role of forensic anthropology (FA) in the new millennium. After an introduction which deals with the expanding definition of the discipline and the issue of professionality and training, the author approaches the role and novel developments of the field, with particular reference to the past 5 years. Such developments are discussed in a sectorial mann...

background: stature reconstruction from skeletal remains forms part of the forensic anthropological analysis for the purpose of identification of an individual. material and methods: it is well documented from the previous studies that intact femur has the highest correlation with stature and as such widely used in deriving the regression equations. however, the femur is not always recovered in...

Forensic odontology and anthropology provide valuable support with regard to human identification. In some cases, when soft tissue is destroyed, carbonized or absent for whatever reason, bones and teeth become the only source of information about the identity of the deceased. In human identification, anything different, such as variation from normality, becomes an important tool when trying to ...

Retrospective, observational studies of forensic casework enhance knowledge on topics such as postmortem interval (PMI) estimations and search strategies. This 10-year survey anthropology (FA) performed at the Department Physical Anthropology in Institute Forensic Medicine Bern, Switzerland, provides insights into a variety human bone cases recovered different circumstances. In this study, we p...

Photographic supra-projection is a forensic anthropology technique for the identification of human beings from their skeletal remains, where photographs of the “missing person” are compared with the found skull. Its main drawback is the lack of a systematic analysis method, so every researcher applies his own methodology. This is both due to the large complexity of the projection procedure and ...

1 SNA International supporting the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Joint Base Pearl Harbor, Hickam, Hawaii, USA. 2 Humanities and Sciences Interdepartmental Programs, Stanford University, Stanford, California, *Correspondence to: Briana T. New, 590 Moffet St., HI 96853 E-mail: [email protected]. KEY WORDS: forensic anthropology, identity, casework, multidisciplinary. Human Biology, Winter 202...