Anthropology 2235A/B Lecture 5: lecture 5 (Midterm)

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Us had wwii victims so there was more early work by americans in anthro rights cases: we have forensic anthro phd programs but still no masters programs in canada. Bass) which is because people change over evolutionary time so it is most valuable to have samples close to the current date as they will be more informative in future cases. 4 classifications of results of antemortem to postmortem comparisons: positive identification the 2 records are identical (but the question lies at how many points?) Negative identification or exclusion if one or more unexplainable discrepancies exist (b/w. Modern samples: statistical package called fordisc developed from modern samples analyzes measurements from unknown skeletal remains, this program uses well established statistical methods to determine the osteobiographies of unidentified remains. 3: you take the measurements of the skull and then put them into the program and a printout comes out that tells you the sex and population/ethnicity of the skull that you had measured.

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