Anthropology 2235A/B Lecture 6: Leture 6 (Midterm)
23 Feb 2015
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It is no longer slow and it is not near as costly locus on the x and y chromosomes: mitochondrial dna and y-chromosome haplotypes can be used for ancestry. Mohan: internal better quantitative methods based on new modern comparative samples; forensic taphonomy (the formation of the crime scene); forensic archaeology (how to gather information at the crime scene); human skeletal trauma analysis. If forensic anthropology is to remain relevant it has to shift from identification to a larger range of problems. Procedures and methods for forensic casework: everything begins at the crime scene and different specialists have different skills know your role. 2: strong belief that someone was at crime scene due to match so you require a dna sample, this is the example of the williams case. Adversarial - our system, like britain and us, is adversarial. Lawyer speak and science speak are world"s apart. Theory but this is a well-tested hypothesis.
