forensic anthropology

American  

noun

1. the branch of physical anthropology in which anthropological data, criteria, and techniques are used to determine the sex, age, genetic population, or parentage of skeletal or biological materials in questions of civil or criminal law.

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Example Sentences

She grew up in Ohio and received a degree in theater and forensic anthropology from Ohio State University.

From Los Angeles Times

Keen to find out more about changes to landscapes at burial sites, she recently visited the Forensic Anthropology Research Facility in Texas, a 26-acre outdoor human decomposition research lab at Texas State University’s Freeman Ranch.

From BBC

“Each new identification is a joy. It’s a recognition of a great task that is carried out quietly by a whole group of professionals, archaeologists, anthropologists, geneticists, historians,” said Carlos Vullo, the genetic lab director of the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team, which assisted with Sanjurjo’s identification.

From Seattle Times

In 2018, researcher Richard Jantz wrote in Forensic Anthropology that bones found on the Pacific island Nikumaroro likely belonged to Earhart.

From Los Angeles Times

Independent forensic anthropology experts, brought in by the lawyers representing the families, cast doubt on the discovery of a bone with DNA that tested as a match for one of the missing students.

From BBC