Anthropology

Abstract

Forensic anthropology can be described as the analysis of human remains for the medicolegal purpose of establishing identity. It is a multi-disciplinary endeavor that applies the knowledge of biological anthropology and human osteology to cases where
human remains are skeletonized, or where a detailed understanding of the growth and development, morphology, or reactive norms of the human body can assist other disciplines in positive identification. As such, it is perhaps best placed as a sub discipline within the wider practice of forensic human identification, having applicability to both the living and the dead.