Forensic Anthropology

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general size

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Male: large
Female: small

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Architecture

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Male: rugged
Female: smooth and gracile

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supraorbital ridges

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Male: medium to large
Female: small to medium

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Frontal eminences

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Male: small
Female: large

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Parietal eminences

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Male: small
Female: large

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frontal sinuses

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Male: large
Female: small

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Orbits

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Male: square, lower, relatively smaller with blunt superior margins
Female: rounded, higher, larger with very sharp superior margins

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forhead

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Male: steeper, less rounded
Female: rounded and full, sometimes infantile

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mastoid processes

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Male: medium to large
Female: smalle to medium

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occipital bone

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Male: muscle lines and protuberance marked
Female: muscle lines not marked

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Cheek Bones

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Male: heavier, more laterally arched; posterior end of zygomatic process extends as a crest past EAM
Female: lighter and more compressed

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Mandible

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Male: larger, higher symphysis
gonial angle <125, square chin
Female: smaller, gonial angle >125, chin rounded with point

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palate

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Male: large, broader tends to be u-shaped
Female:tends to be parabolic in shape

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occipital condyles

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Male: large
Female: small

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skull base

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Male: measurments larger
Female: smaller

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sacrum

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Male: longer and marrower with more even curvature, 5+ segments
Female: shorter , broader, and flatter, 5 segments

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scapula

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differences in maximum length of the bone as a whole and maximum length of the glenoid cavity

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humerus

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differences in vertical and transverse head diameters

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Sternum

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Male: body 2x manubrium
Female:body <2x manubrium body

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ribs

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obvious differences in ossification pattern

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radius

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head diameter differences

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metacarpals

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good to very good predictive ability

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pelvis

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provides most reliable assessment of sex in late adolescents and adults
In females, iliac blades flare more laterally than in males

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superior aperture

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Male: heart shaped ventrally
Female: relatively larger and more rounded

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inferior outlet

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Male: smaller
Female: larger

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greater sciatic notch

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Male: more contracted
Female:wide

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Obturator foramen

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Male: larger, Oval-shaped
Female: smaller, triangular

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auricular surface:

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Male: flat
Female: raised inferior portion

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preauricular sulcus

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Male: rare
Female: usually visible

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pubic body

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Male: short, narrow
Female: broader, more rectangular

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sub-pubic body

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Male: narrow
Female: more obtuse (greater)

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sub-pubic concavity

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Male:rare
Female: Greater Lateral curvature

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ventral arc

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Male: absent
Female: distinct ridge present

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medial aspect of ischio-pubic ramus

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Male: broad surface
Female:narrow

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Dorsal pitting

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Male: rare
Female: 50/50 chance

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Femur

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Male >46.0mm +large acetabulum
Female: <45.0mm Small acetabulum

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tibia

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sectioning points for single/ combination measurments

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talus and calcaneus

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sectioning points available

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Christopher sholes

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First commercially produced typewriter

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Mark twain

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Took Shole's first commercial model 1873

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Leo Tolstoy

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Used type writer to dictat war and peace to his daughter

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forensic anthropology

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a branch of applied physical anthropology concerned with the identification of human remains in legal context

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forensic anthropologists

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assist in the medical and legal specialist to identify known or suspected human remains

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archeological excavation

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examination of hair insects, plant materials and footprints;determination of elapsed time since death; facial reproduction; photographic superimposition; detection of anatomical variants; and analysis of past injury and medical treatment.

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WI state statute 979

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determines which cases are autopsied

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waukesha county department

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2 forensic scientists
5 deputy medical examiners
2 morgue assistants
2 clerical staff
no lab on site

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office functions

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medico-legal investigation of deaths
independent
primary conrns with death that is sudden and unexpected

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Calvin Goddard

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first forensic firearm examiner