Visual Study Guide 4

1. Forensic Anthropology:

1.1. o Application of biological anthropology in medicolegal context o Focus on individual o Interpretation of context of remains and circumstances

1.2. Should have working knowledge of faunal skeletal anatomy

1.3. Need expert knowledge of human osteology

2. Biological Anthropology:

2.1. • Analysis of skeletal remains to answer important questions: • What circumstances led to the individual’s death? • What was the sequence of events before and after body deposition? • Who is the person?

2.2. The biological profile

3. Biological vs Forensic Anthropology

4. Modern Humans

4.1. Cranial:

4.1.1. • High, vertical forehead • Rounder skull • Reduced midfacial prognathism • Reduced facial robusticity • Smaller browridges • Smaller teeth • Large brain

4.2. Post Cranial:

4.2.1. • Reduced robusticity of limb bones • Limbs long relative to trunk

4.3. Modern Humans took land bridges to get migrate over todays seas. The movement of modern humans took thousands of years

5. Human Osteology

5.1. Overview of the skeleton:

5.1.1. 1. Resistant

5.1.2. 2. Conservative in evolutionary time

5.1.3. 3. Plastic

5.2. Musculoskeletal

5.3. Articulations

5.4. Bones and other parts of the body grow as one grows older