Recent discussions have revolved around the concept of ancestry and ancestry estimation;
however, the associated terminology and its theoretical underpinnings have not been …

Forensic Anthropology DOI: 10.5744/fa. 2020.0046 associated definitions within biological
(formerly physical) anthropology have been well documented (for thorough considerations …

To understand the implications of the forensic anthropological practice of “ancestry”
estimation, we explore terminology that has been employed in forensic anthropological …

Graphic exemplars of cranial sex and ancestry are essential to forensic anthropology for
standardizing casework, training analysts, and communicating group trends. To date …

The concept of race has a complex history in the field of biological anthropology. Despite
increased recognition of the racist origins of the discipline, there remains little agreement …

The repatriation of human remains has been the subject of much discussion and debate,
especially since the 1990s. Since then, there has been a marked increase in the …

The estimation of ancestry is central to the construction of a biological profile, and has
traditionally been done through the analysis of cranial morphoscopic traits. Morphological …

To identify unknown skeletal remains, forensic anthropologists provide police with
information of who they might belong to, such as ancestry (someone's familial lineage and …

The institution of racism has long been a defining character in the socioeconomic and
political structure of the United States, though it has changed faces throughout time. Along …

Cranial measurements have been a cornerstone of physical anthropology since its formation
as a discipline in the early 1900s. However, most other ancestry determination methods …