Forensic Anthropology Lab Exercises: Engage with Key Skulls and Bones

FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY - LAB EXERCISES Question 1 2 Review the photos in the Lab 7 Exercise Image Library on p. 217 of your lab manual and answer the following questions. PART A Which of the skeletal elements is human? and why? A, because it is longer and angled A , because it is less robust Question 2 2 pts Review the photos in the Lab 7 Exercise Image Library on p. 217 of your lab manual and answer the following questions. PART B Which of the cranium is human? and why? B, because face is small, chin is present B, because forhead is vertical and face is not projecting Question 3 4 pts Refer to the mystery assemblage in the Lab 7 Exercise Image Library on p. 218 of your lab manual to answer the following questions . List the bones depicted. What is the minimum number of individuals in this assemblage? Why ? Femur Tibia Lumbar Vertebra Thoracic Vertebra Cervical Vertebra Mandible Question 4 3 pts Examine the X-ray of a juvenile upper and lower jaw in Figure 7.12 (page 192) and compare it to the dental eruption age stages in Figure 7.13.

What is the approximate age of this individual? Approx 10 years of age Question 5 3 pts Examine the skeletal material ( Exercise 3 page 218 of the Image library ) , which is from a female and shows the symphyseal face of the pubic bone. Compare this to the Suchey – Brooks age stages provided in Figure 7.14 and the chart on page 195. What is the mean age of this female? 38.2 years Question 6 Review the traits used for estimating biological sex from the cranium and the pelvis in the tables on p. 186 and p. 188 of your lab manual. Use the images in the Lab 7 Exercise Image Library on p. 219 to answer the following. PART A Estimate the sex of the three crania depicted on p. 219 of your lab manual . Which crania is/are female? B and C Question 7 3 pts Review the traits used for estimating biological sex from the pelvis on p. 188 of your lab manual. Use the images in the Lab 7 Exercise Image Library on p. 220 and determine which pelvis is female? Group of answer choices Pelvis A is female Question 8 Refer to the images in the Lab 7 Exercise Image Library on p. 221 of your lab manual to answer the following questions. Which individual has shovel-shaped incisors? Individual B Flag question: Question 9

Question 9 Refer to the Cranium images on p. 221 of your lab manual to answer the following question. Which individual has a malar tubercle ? Individual B Question 10 4 pts Refer to the teeth and the cranium images on p. 221 of your lab manual to answer the following question. Based on the malar tubercle and the shovel shaped incisors which individual is of Asian descent Individual B Question 11 3 pts Review the image on p. 222 of your lab manual and answer the following question. Part A (choose the correct answer to fill in the blanks) The pathology depicted in the bone is __________ and the change is ___________ Osteoarthritis , antemortem Question 12 Review the image on p. 222 of your lab manual and answer the following questions. PART B (choose the correct answer to fill in the blanks) The pathology depicted in the bone is __________ and the change is ___________ (x) Blunt force trauma , antemortem Question 13 A collection of skeletal remains has just been unearthed at a crime scene. You have been asked to help law enforcement officials in their investigation of this skeletal material. Refer to the mystery assemblage on m p. 224 of your lab manual to answer the following questions. List bones found (A- I), Make determination of the following - (answer to all inquires below)

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human non human bones, age, sex, ancestry, disease/trauma, and number of individuals A - Human Skull B- Nonhuman Skull C- Child Human Skull D- Adult Lumbar vertebrae E- Adult First Rib F- Adult Second Rib G- Adult articular facet of rib H- Adult Scapula I- Adult Femur

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