A seasoned deer hunter is shocked when his hound dog trots up with a human femur clenched between its teeth. A woman veers off her normal urban walking path and happens upon a human skull. New ...

Forensic anthropology is a highly specialized field within the criminal justice system. One part deals with the study of human biology in the context of human culture and behavior. Another deals with ...

Forensic anthropologists are tasked with examining human skeletal remains in a medicolegal context. Typically such work can include identifying the sex, age, ancestry, and stature of an unidentified ...

On its website, the FBI points out that regardless of what you see on TV, crimes aren't solved in 60 minutes, but require intense fieldwork, lab work and analysis by teams that include skilled ...

While transgender and gender-diverse individuals have historically been disproportionately susceptible to violence and homicides, the recent rise in visibility of ongoing trans-focused violence has ...

Forensic anthropological (the study of skeletonized remains in medico-legal settings) analyses and reports include diverse information that may help in establishing identifications, cause or manner of ...

When a medical examiner needs help identifying a deceased person and determining how that person died, they turn to forensic anthropologists. To aid in the identification of unknown human remains, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) —The University of Tennessee opened its new forensic anthropology laboratory on Friday, April 17. The new ...

There are 119 board-certified forensic anthropologists in the country and only one in the state of Nevada. Assistant Professor of anthropology, Marin Pilloud, is representing the College of Liberal ...

Racial reckonings were happening everywhere in the summer of 2020, after George Floyd was killed by the Minneapolis police. The time felt right, two forensic anthropologists reasoned, to reignite a ...