ANTH 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Coccyx, External Occipital Protuberance, Deciduous Teeth
31 Jan 2017
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Forensic anthropology is the application of anthropological data in the medico-legal field. Deals with the medico-legal field and it takes info and procedure from archaeology and. Is an applied subcategory of physical anthropology osteology. If no soft tissue remains attempt to identify race, sex, age, stature of person. Human bone and not wood, plastic, pottery, bear hand bones pig teeth, etc. Humans also look different than each other. Forensice anthropology is virtually the only subfield of anthropology that uses race as a defining characteristic. Race is typically best determined by studying the skull. Sex is either male, female, or undetermined. Males:larger: heavier brow ridge, larger, squarer mandible, larger mastoid processes, external occipital protuberance. Female: smaller: more gracile, smaller angled mandible, smaller mastoid processes, lacking altogether to small external occipital protuberance. Female: narrow and deep, bones are thicker and heavier, coccyx is more curved, wide and shallow, bones are thinner and lighter, pelvic outlet is large, wide pubic arch.
