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What is Forensic Anthropology?

What is Forensic Anthropology?

This video introduces you to the role of a forensic anthropologist. As you can see, the role is very varied but fundamentally requires a comprehensive knowledge of the human skeleton.

Remember the images of the real cases? What did you think they were?

The next activity is going to teach you about the main bones in the human skeleton.

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Identifying the Dead: Forensic Science and Human Identification

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