Studyguide for exam 1 Forensic Anthro

Thomas Dwight

Known as “Father of Forensic Anthro” and gave early lectures on skeletal analysis in legal contexts. “Shattuck Lecture”

Franz Boas

One of the first to look, document, and compare biological and cultural differences between generations of immigrants.

Ales Hrdlicka

1st curator of physical (bio) anthro at Smithsonian museum and found of American Association of Physical Anthro.

Wilton Krogman

Advanced forensic anthro though applied casework and early FBI publications. wrote “The human skeleton in forensic medicine” aka first nook devoted to studying human bones in forensic context.

T. Dale Stewart

helped consolidate forensic anthro and wrote “Essentials of Forensic Anthro”

William M. Bass

Established the first body farm, or human decomposition research facility.

William R. Maples

Founder of C.A. Pound Human Identification Lab at Uni of Florida and made the most comprehensive forensic anthro practice in the U.S.

Which factor most limits the direct applicability of data derived from early documented skeletal collections (e.g., Hamann–Todd, Terry) to contemporary (more recent) forensic cases?

Demographic and health biases in the sampled populations.