Through assisting medical examiners and coroners with their expertise they can identify and determine the cause of death of a body by only examining their skeletal remains. Forensic anthropologists pick up clues from the bones using the morphology of the hip bone to determine sex, the angle of skull bones and level of erosion of the pubic symphyseal to determine age of the victim at the time of death and use bone strength, body stature and cranial morphology to determine the ancestry of the skeletal remains. They then use those newly uncovered features and integrate them with the study of facial tissue in order to recreate the face the person once had which furthers the efforts to identify the body. In certain cases forensic anthropologists can even help uncover the cause of death to the victim by checking for trauma to the bones. By using science and following the clues, forensic anthropologist help solve
Through assisting medical examiners and coroners with their expertise they can identify and determine the cause of death of a body by only examining their skeletal remains. Forensic anthropologists pick up clues from the bones using the morphology of the hip bone to determine sex, the angle of skull bones and level of erosion of the pubic symphyseal to determine age of the victim at the time of death and use bone strength, body stature and cranial morphology to determine the ancestry of the skeletal remains. They then use those newly uncovered features and integrate them with the study of facial tissue in order to recreate the face the person once had which furthers the efforts to identify the body. In certain cases forensic anthropologists can even help uncover the cause of death to the victim by checking for trauma to the bones. By using science and following the clues, forensic anthropologist help solve