ANTH 2014 Lecture : Anthropology 2014 Fall 2012 (semester's Notes)
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Difference between coroner and medical examiner: coroner doesn"t have to have md, coroner is elected position, med examiner is not. Duties of med examiner: cause of death and manner. Difference between cause and manner: cause: what actually happened, manner, natural homicide suicide etc. Forensic anth: identification, when the trauma happened, pre mortem post mortem, how long been dead, facial reconstruction. 10x10 ft. square plan view faces lab with mummy: x-rays, male not female, called it princess of thebes facial reconstruction. Ch 1-5: fontanelle, in a child six spaces where the bone hasn"t formed yet, bregma, intersection of coronal and sagittal (last to close) Human and animal: human is circular cells and more elongated. What are some of he easier animal to confuse. If person was raped, this would ruin evidence: alternate techniques is to insert the temperature gauge into the right side below the ribs into the liver, cooling of body, deep organs cool slower, gross errors can occur.
