Forens. Anthropology
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What other fields are studied with forensic anthropology? | Anthropology/osteology, Odontology, Entomology, and Botany
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What can a forensic anthropologist determine from a whole/part of a bone? | Age, sex, race, height
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How many bones are there in the human body? | 206
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Age Determination: Sutures | Three major cranial sutures appear as distinct lines in youth and gradually close from the inside out
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Age Determination: Basilar suture | closes in females as young as 14 and males 16, if the suture is open, the individual is generally 18 or younger
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Gender differences | females have a wider pelvis, the ribcage and shoulders of males are genreally wider and larger, males have a shorter index finger, males have a sloping forehead, and females have a straighter forehead.
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Height | can be calculated by using the length of certain bones: femur, tibia, humerus, and/or radius
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Four skull groups | Caucasian, African American, Asian (Mongoloid), and American Indian
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African ancestry | more flared nasal opening
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Asian ancestry | cheek bone more angled forward, giving the person a slightly more flattened face
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