ANTHROP 3FA3 Lecture Notes - Body Snatching, Cremation, Anointing

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTHROP 3FA3
• Professor: Andrew Wade

Document Summary

Saves time and effort if not forensically significant. Reduces stress, anxiety of families with missing relatives. 25-30% of cases are animal (cid:0) 13 % ancient and 5% historic human remains- more recent 46% significant. 2: maturity look at ends of bones (epiphyses) if unfused=child epiphysis=usually at ends of bones location where growth occurs product of growth and dev. Infant- we will have cartilage models of bones. Diff in distal and more in proximal- animal flat lump at end of bone. Human subadult- femur= ends not fully formed adult animal bone is smaller but when it is tis size compared to short child bone, wont have fused epiphysis but animal will. Cortical bone is thicker, has flat lumpy head. Good news- not common in forensic cases in n. america. Bonobo skeleton shape is similar to us but diff at knee. Foramen magnum a base of skull ( in animals have it further back)