College Essay On Forensic Anthropology

I am a forensic anthropologist whose name is Kareem. I have been working in this field for 24 years. My job is to use my knowledge of the human skeleton to decipher and demystify clues from the decedent’s bones in order to identify the deceased. Additionally, in Harvard I earned my professional degree which took me 10 years. I studied forensic anthropology because I have always wanted to be a forensic anthropologist since I was seven years old. I have identified forty nine decedent’s identity. Therefore, my skill level exceeds forensic anthropologist standards. Furthermore, by identifying the decedent I was able to identify the killer. I was selected for this case because a victim’s remains have been discovered in a catacomb. In other words, in order to identify the decedent a forensic …show more content…
Thus, after analyzing various bones and teeth, I have concluded that the decedent has been dead for 50 years and he died at the age of 34. However, we are not done identifying the decedent; we need to identify the age, gender, and height. Secondly, I will identify the age of the decedent through the pelvis and the skull. The pelvis is the easiest skull to decipher to determine the age of the deceased. The pelvis bone is able to determine the gender of a person after they have went through puberty. After a girl has gone through puberty her pelvis bones spread; therefore, a woman’s hip is more ample than a man’s. In addition, if a woman gave birth then I would be able to know through the pelvis because the pubic bones will spread apart in a woman in order for a woman to give birth. However, a male pelvis stays narrow and their shape is similar to a heart. Furthermore, the opening at which the nerve passes through has an angle, if the angle is less than 50 degrees then the decedent or person is a man. In other words, the sub pubic angle is steep in men. In this case, the pelvis is steep and the angle is less than 50 degrees. In addition, the pelvis is