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AAFS Anthropology Section Fundraiser Update
The Ellis R. Kerley Forensic Sciences Foundation Announces Closure After 25 Years of...
Whose Kuleana Is It? Addressing the Missing and Murdered Native Hawaiian Women, Girls, and...
Reminder for Applications for Anthropology Section Student Liaison
Extension of Anthropology Section Program Co-Chair Nominations and Reminders
Anthropology Section Deadline Reminders
Kate Spradley Named Inaugural AAFS Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Award
Justice Talks—In Pursuit of Justice: Forensic Anthropology, Human Rights, and Humanitarian...
Anthropology Section Seeking "Justice Talks" Contributors
The Anthropology Section Needs Your Assistance
Anthropology Section News—Nominations Deadline Extended
Anthropology Section News—Survey Request
Anthropology Fundraising Ad Hoc Committee
Study on the Decision-Making Process ofFORDISC®
Anthropology Section Call for Abstract Submissions
Survey on the Use of the Biological Profile in Death Investigation and Human...
Seeking Symposium Proposals for Anthropology Section Scientific Program
Interpreting perimortem blast trauma from skeletal remains: Complications and...
Blast trauma results from highly variable events that can lead to similar effects in the skeleton. Clinical literature, which largely focuses on soft tissue, provides limited efficacy for interpreting fully skeletonized cases. Interpretation of skeletal blast trauma is hampered b...
Ballistic impact of hollow‐point ammunition on porcine bone
Identifying failure mechanisms in skeletal tissue allows a deeper understanding of the effects of specific projectile impacts on bone. While ballistic trauma in flat bones is largely researched, knowledge of how long bones react to gunshot impacts is limited in the literature. Th...
Evaluating expertise in forensic anthropology
The medicolegal system relies on the ability of experts and non‐experts alike to make judgments about expertise and use those judgments to reach consequential decisions. Given the lack of standard criteria, mandatory certification, or licensure for establishing expertise required...