INTRODUCTION TO FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY      3 Credit Hours

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Forensic anthropology is the application of biological anthropology in a medico-legal context. The tools of archaeology and biological anthropology are used to discover, recover and identify human remains. Topics include human osteology, determining the biological profile (sex, age, ancestry and stature), facial reconstruction, establishing a positive I.D., trauma to bone, stages of decomposition, the role of insects in decomposition, and issues of mass graves.