ANT205H5 Lecture Notes - Endocrine System, Ossification Center, Bipedalism
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Biological profile: sex, age, ancestry, stature, 1st step in identification. If no known relative, dna is useless; dna in bones may be too degraded; dna is expensive and very slow ; no centralized dna database in canada, so no potential matches if dna is found: guides investigation. Be cautious in what you state (if not 100% sure, say indeterminate) Stanley park example (delay by 10 years) Provide large age ranges: estimated range must include actual age, coroners and police like restricted age ranges. Ancestry is problematic: skeletal assessment of ancestry. First nations, etc: cpic simplifies ancestry. Limitations of stature: reported stature often an estimate. How many people are measured for driver"s license: stature calculations are estimates with large standard errors. How do forensic anthropologists deal with these problems: must be familiar with range of human variation. Between populations regional variation: mechanisms and processes that produce variation. Sex determination: key information, 1755 people missing in bc (oct 1999)
