This new, fully developed program will cover all of the varied aspects of anthropology, including archaeology and forensics.
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As we prepare to move into a new year, let’s take a look back at Forensic’s most popular news of the year, while reflecting on how far forensic science has come in the last 12 months.
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After more than four decades, Sahara Sue Doe, a young woman whose remains were discovered near Sahara Avenue in Las Vegas, Nevada, is now identified as 19-year-old Gwenn Marie Story.
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The Department of Forensic Sciences’ application for reaccreditation of its Forensic Biology and Forensic Chemistry Units was approved.
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Researchers spent months digging into the ways that Russians are working to sway public perception about Ukraine through narrative laundering methods, including planting fake news stories on foreign news websites, creating fake social media accounts and even creating entire fake news websites using artificial intelligence.
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The new study shows that the impact on family members is even greater when a child suffers a firearm injury than when another family member is injured.
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A body found wrapped in tire chains at the bottom of a lake in Kentucky in 1999 has now been identified as a man wanted by the FBI after an arrest for the alleged rape of a minor child one year earlier.
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These funds will benefit the rapidly growing Harris County population by consolidating the medical examiner and crime laboratory services.
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During a search of the area by detectives and search and rescue personnel a second set of human remains were found. These two victims were not immediately identified and have been referred to as Bones 16 and Bones 17.
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Although most experienced forensic anthropologists can distinguish human bones from animal bones with relative ease, assigning non-human bones to a particular species can be a bit trickier if the investigator does not have extensive zoological training.
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