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Anthropology: Northumbria expert leads ground-breaking forensic study on 18th century Caribbean slave graveyard
The remains of skeletons found at one of the largest cemeteries for enslaved people in the Caribbean are being studied at Northumbria University. — Read on newsroom.northumbria.ac.uk/pressreleases/northumbria-expert-leads-ground-breaking-forensic-study-on-18th-century-caribbean-graveyard-3115556
Forensics: Body of missing Navajo Army veteran found | Indian Country Today
Missing Native women rates are an epidemic. https://www.hcn.org/issues/53.6/indigenous-affairs-justice-tribes-unveil-landmark-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-person-response Body of missing Navajo Army veteran found | Indian Country Today — Read on indiancountrytoday.com/.amp/news/body-of-missing-navajo-army-veteran-found
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Anthro: Archaeologists complete exhumation of bodies in Tulsa cemetery, but more forensic work needed
One subject shows gunshot and projectile injuries. TULSA – Forensic analysis will continue over the coming weeks, but state archaeologists Friday said they have completed excavation work on a section of cemetery that could hold unidentified remains — Read on … Continue reading
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Anthropology: Massive human head in Chinese well forces scientists to rethink evolution
Good discussion on how anthros think about ancient human biodiversity. ‘Dragon man’ skull reveals new branch of family tree more closely related to modern humans than Neanderthals — Read on amp.theguardian.com/science/2021/jun/25/massive-human-head-in-chinese-well-forces-scientists-to-rethink-evolution
Forensics: Bravo Jose! Meet the forensic expert who uses DNA tests to trace and return lost children to families around the world
José Lorente is helping governments to return children who have been stolen through trafficking, illegally put up for adoption and worse — Read on inews.co.uk/news/world/jose-lorente-forensic-expert-dna-tests-trace-return-lost-children-families-1068953
Anthropology: New prehistoric human unknown to science discovered in Israel – The Jerusalem Post
Hebrew U and Tel Aviv University researchers found remains of a new type of ‘Homo’ who lived in the region some 130,000 years ago. — Read on m.jpost.com/archaeology/new-prehistoric-human-unknown-to-science-discovered-in-israel-671949
Forensics: Tulsa Massacre Update. Team Analyzing 17 Individuals So Far In Mass Grave
Forensic Team Analyzing 17 Individuals So Far In Mass Grave Search At Oaklawn — Read on http://www.news9.com/story/60d26d8dcde7490bbc57e2d7/forensic-team-analyzing-17-individuals-so-far-in-mass-grave-search-at-oaklawn
Forensics: A layman’s experience in the morgue. Autopsies Are More Important Than You Think
The clinical autopsy remains one of medicine’s most misunderstood procedures — but possibly one of the most important — Read on elemental.medium.com/amp/p/82a372f8b617
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Forensics: “Autopsy of a bitemark case” convicting an innocent man. @theNAME1966
Of course the 2 dentists are ABFO members. csidds.com/2015/08/19/the-case-of-the-recaptured-bitemark-showing-how-judges-get-bamboozled/
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Forensics: Anthro calling BS on ICE using dental xrays to put immigrant kids into adult detention. @theNAME1966
These US dentists are trained to do this by the American Board of Forensic Odontology. They mislead the courts and care less about ICE using their “conclusions.” medicalxpress.com/news/2018-06-immigration-agents-x-raying-migrants-age.html
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