study of living human beings and how they behave in groups
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what is biological anthropology - physical
study of human skeletal ramins, mechanism of the human body, human evolution, primate behaviour, genetic inheritance/variation, skeletal pathology
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what is the term for the study of animal, plant, insect remain
ostearchaeology or bioarchaeology
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what is the role forensic anthropology
applications of a biological anthropological techniques within legal framework. applications involve different questions rather than any special forensic techniques
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what are the type of questions would forensic anthropology ask
what kind of remains (human?), who is it, when were the remains left there (dating), how (cause of death, post - mortem treatment)
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the legal reason to determine whether remains are human
identify recovered remains of missing person, assess whether crime has been commited, reconstruct the circumstances of an accident or crime, other legal reasons (inheritance issues,
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identification of human remains in mass disasters
bodies are unrecognisable - assign separate bodies to specific individuals and to identify individuals via DNA profiling
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why is it difficult to identify body that has been exposed to intense heat
depends on the body decomposing. the natural process will cause the body to disintegrate gradually until skeletal remains.Heat wil increase the rate of disintegration so makes it more difficult to determine identity
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identification of non-skeletal bodies
height. weight - aware of bloating as it could cause overestimation. eye colour - useful morphological feature of Caucasian (1st/2nd day of death). hair- indestructible even after the body has dissolved, though does get darker. Fingerprint.
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what is the advantage if found large fragments found if a case of burned human remains
knowledge of the anatomy is sufficient to distinguish between human and animal. Can use species-specific serological test (less than a decode old). looking at the mDNA
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what is a the spesies specific serological test used for
it the confirmative test if blood or remains are human. By using precipitin test to identify the proteins specific to humans or analysing the DNA sequences
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How does a preciptin test work - species specific serological test
1)antigen-antibody complex. 1) cloudy precipitation between 2 layers. 2)cross over elctrophorisis will cause a precipitation, the current will induce the antibodies and antigen so they move to each other
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what does blood group A contain
antigen A only
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what does blood group B contain
antigen B only
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what does blood group O contain
No antigen A or B
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what does blood group AB contain
antigen A and B
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what kind of skeletal variations are there
physical, length of skeleton, Midfacial, osteometric, diseases affecting bone (Pott's diseaase & Rickets), prosthetic implants (hip or knee), trauma/ fractures
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what is trotters Gleser's regression formulas
The equestion used to know the length of the femur and tibia
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