The first pig dig course was so successful that former volunteers were able to make a tradition of joining current volunteers on crime scene projects, resulting in a multigenerational project.
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In a field west of Paris, France, a group of 17, including graduate students, professors and alumni from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, meticulously worked to find those who went missing in World War II.
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As one of approximately seven forensic anthropologists throughout the state with expertise in fire crime scene investigations, Juarez and other disaster response professionals saw the need for training others to be better prepared to assist in future disasters.
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The results clearly illustrate how effectively historical data can be verified and past violent deaths can be reconstructed in unprecedented detail through the cooperation of the humanities and the natural sciences.
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Researchers have identified a technique that focuses on a maggot’s gene expression and metabolic changes to more accurately estimate how long someone has been dead.
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Within forensic anthropology in the U.S., there remains no unifying standardization for analyzing cases or writing reports that can be used independent of work environment, education or case circumstance, which may compromise forensic anthropological expertise in courtroom testimony.
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As the U.S. government turns its attention to drug cartels in Mexico, new research from the University of California, Davis, suggests that violent competition among criminal organizations increases the risks migrants face at the northern border.
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Using archaeological, geospatial, forensic, and bioarchaeological methods, including microscopic examination of the pyre sediments and detailed analysis of the human bone fragments, the researchers reconstructed the extraordinary sequence of events surrounding the cremation in unprecedented detail.
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On a cold morning in December 2025, six forensic anthropology students from Western Carolina University entered the woods of Ellerbe Creek with five of their professors and a group of Durham Police Department officials.
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The identities of the remains are unknown, and it has not been determined whether they are connected to the disappearance of Miller, a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation, and Haynes.
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