Pg+33-45+Notes-+JW

- A forensic anthropologist see bodes that are long dead. they can be bloated, blastered, burned, rotted, sawed, gnawed, mummified or dismembered. - Flesh decays, bone endures. Flesh forgets ancient injuries, Bones heal but always remember injuries. - very few inspiring anthropologist actually get to study a real body before they go into the field of study - the goal is to make a positive identification of the body. also the manner of death - big four: sex, race, age and statue. - skin is deceiving, bones are better to figure out gender - how can you tell between a adult woman or a young boy child? by the teeth - gradual loss of third molars (usually 18 or older) still have molars don't necessarily mean that they are young but most of the time it does - adult pelvis is a complex structure, made up of 3 parts: the scrum, the base of the spinal cord, and the two hipbones. - before puberty each bone consists of three separate bones: the ilium, the ischium, and the pubis. - The pelvis can tell more about the victims age. - 3 main groupings: negroid, Caucasoids, and mongoloid. (all have different jaw structures) - to figure out a more estimate age, you remove the remaining tissue from the bones by boiling them. - Negroid skulls are more dense than Caucasoid skulls. - the cranial vault is made of seven separate bones: the frontal bone, a pair of parietal ones, the temporal bones, the sphenoid, the occipital bone - when we are first born, our joints are actually formed of cartilage, but as we age, the cartilage turns to bone. - to figure out who a person is, it helps to match dental x-rays with teeth work of the victim.