Death's+Acre+33-45+TG

-bones have scars that can help you identify people -ultimate goal when examining a body is to identify who it is -also find out the "manner of death" -Big four-sex, age, race-mouth, and stature -absence of flesh on the face actually simplifies the task of identifying a person for a forensic anthropologist -b/c bloating of the flesh can be deceptive when trying to identify a person -1. sex-pelvis and skull -best way to confirm that a body is an adult woman is the pelvis -2. age-in women the pubic symphysis is used -the pubic symphysis is an excellent yardsick for telling how old a woman is -3. race-mouth -three man groupings of race are Negroid, Caucasoid, Mongoloid -to tell age and stature flesh needs to be removed from bones -cranial structures are used to tell how old a person is -4. stature-measure femur and thighbone and use Trotter and Glesser's formula to determine stature -dental work and x rays can be used to identify victim