Florent Lefortier answered
Forensic anthropology is essentially the use of biological anthropology in a legal setting.
It's important because it helps us to solve crimes, and to identify bodies that have decomposed.
What Is Forensic Anthropology Used For?
It is most useful when a body has reached the advanced stages of decomposition, and consists of osteology (the study of bones), paleopathology (the study of ancient diseases), and archaeology (the study of past human activity).
Biological anthropology - which is the same thing, except without the legal part - has been used to find out about the ancient pharaohs and queens of Egypt.
It's important because it helps us to solve crimes, and to identify bodies that have decomposed.
What Is Forensic Anthropology Used For?
- Determining the age, gender and ancestry of a dead body
- Finding out how someone died
- Finding out when someone died (when used in combination with other types of forensic science)
- Collecting the evidence needed to convict somebody of murder
It is most useful when a body has reached the advanced stages of decomposition, and consists of osteology (the study of bones), paleopathology (the study of ancient diseases), and archaeology (the study of past human activity).
Biological anthropology - which is the same thing, except without the legal part - has been used to find out about the ancient pharaohs and queens of Egypt.
