Forensic anthropologists have found evidence of ancient human burials that predate the earliest currently known Homo sapiens’ burials by at least 100,000 years.
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A team of archaeologists and forensic specialists from Cranfield Forensic Institute assisted with the recovery and identification of U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Edgar L. Mills who was killed in action over Germany during the Second World War.
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Her work, with assistance from about six undergraduate students in the lab, helps find resolutions for missing people or those who suffered violent deaths, and it gives closure to families waiting for answers.
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Tallman will use biological/forensic anthropology methods to understand if and how segregation from apartheid and structural racism impact the skeleton, particularly with age-at-death estimation and health.
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In testing the genetic material of current populations in Africa and comparing against existing fossil evidence of early Homo sapiens populations there, researchers have uncovered a new model of human evolution — overturning previous beliefs that a single African population gave rise to all humans.
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Officials in Congo say the remains of at least 20 people have been found buried in a mass grave in an area used to cultivate cacao in Ndoma village in the North Kivu province this weekend.
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Humans inherited genetic material from Neanderthals that affects the shape of our noses, finds a new study.
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Hagerty’s book, Still Life with Bones, is a voyage into the brutality of the genocide that took place in Guatemala, and in Argentina’s "Dirty War."
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A visiting team of forensic anthropologists and archaeologists is working with Dartmouth to re-inventory human skeletal remains in Dartmouth’s possession.
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The United States has about 750 full-time, board-certified forensic pathologists. But, experts say that number needs to be at least 1,500—if not more—to deal with the rising caseloads across every state.
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Scientists reconstructed the face of an ancient woman, a member of the Nabataean civilization, who is thought to have lived around 1 BCE.
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At this time, there are only about 500 forensic pathologists actively working for coroner/medical examiner offices in the United States. There are now about 100 vacancies in the field.
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The identity was confirmed through historical, genealogical, anthropological, archaeological and DNA analysis.
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The remains of more than 110,000 Native American, Native Hawaiian and Alaska Natives’ ancestors are still held by museums, universities and federal agencies.
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Violence and warfare were widespread in many Neolithic communities across Northwest Europe, a period associated with the adoption of farming, new research suggests.
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