fun facts about forensic anthropology
-If a person had a tattoo, but the tattooed limb is missing, the different coloured inks will be stored in the lymph nodes.
-The chemical composition of the food a person eats a few months prior to death can lead to discovering where the person lived.
-Forensic anthropologists often must go to court to report their findings.
-Forensic anthropologists can determine if damage to a bone was caused at time of death or during another period of the persons life.
-TV shows often portray false actions of the anthropologists. A forensic anthropologist studies only the bones and decomposed remains of an individual, not the mysterious, bloody note clenched in a fist, the half-chewed bubble gum in the victim's mouth or the peculiar pattern of a bloodstain on the wall behind the body.
-When studying to become a forensic anthropologist you will probably spend some time at a body farm examining different scenaries
-The chemical composition of the food a person eats a few months prior to death can lead to discovering where the person lived.
-Forensic anthropologists often must go to court to report their findings.
-Forensic anthropologists can determine if damage to a bone was caused at time of death or during another period of the persons life.
-TV shows often portray false actions of the anthropologists. A forensic anthropologist studies only the bones and decomposed remains of an individual, not the mysterious, bloody note clenched in a fist, the half-chewed bubble gum in the victim's mouth or the peculiar pattern of a bloodstain on the wall behind the body.
-When studying to become a forensic anthropologist you will probably spend some time at a body farm examining different scenaries