ANTHRO 3AC Study Guide - Final Guide: African Burial Ground National Monument, African Diaspora, Atlantic Slave Trade
25 Mar 2017
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Paleoanthropologists study human evolution through fossil remains. Forensic anthropologists apply skeletal anatomy to a medico-legal context. Osteologists study the structure and function of the skeleton and bony structures. The interest in reconstructing the biological footings of the skeletal body and cultural framework that have together created the social spaces and social creatures that inhabit them. Age: there are two processes of ageing . Growth and development: growth and maturation from fetus through childhood, adolescence and up to early adulthood. Sex: sexual dimorphism is the difference between the sexes in morphological, physiological and behavioural features. It is determined through differences in size, function, and skeletal maturation. Growth, development & stress: archaeologists determine this through comparisons of long bone growth with dental development. They can identify possible disruptions in growth such as physiological stress, disease or malnutrition. There are also health issues they can identify like bacterial diseases and vitamin and mineral deficiencies.
