Published: 2024-06-01

Using Stable Nitrogen Isotope Ratios from Human Skeletal Muscle Tissue for Postmortem Interval (PMI) Estimation (Part 1)

Melanie Beasley, Julie Lesnik, Hayden McKee-Zech, Anielle Duncan
Abstract

Human skeletal muscle tissue was analyzed for stable nitrogen isotope analysis (δ15N) to test the applicability of changes...

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Using Stable Nitrogen Isotope Ratios from Human Skeletal Muscle Tissue for Postmortem Interval (PMI) Estimation (Part 2)

Melanie Beasley, Julie Lesnik, Hayden McKee-Zech, Anielle Duncan
Abstract

ABSTRACT: Fly larvae were analyzed for stable nitrogen isotope analysis (δ15N) to test if values can be used to predict...

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rASUDAS2

A New Iteration of the Application for Assessing the Population Affinity of Individuals by Tooth Crown and Root Morphology

G. Richard Scott, David S. Navega, João d'Oliveira Coelho, Tatiana Vlemincq-Mendieta, Dori Kenessey, Joel D. Irish
Abstract

The web-based application rASUDAS, originally based on data from “The Anthropology of Modern Human Teeth,” has been refined since its inception...

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Human Identification by Comparative Medical Radiography

A Validation Study of the Lateral Foot

Clara J. Devota, Elena O. Watson, Valerie A. Leah, Carolyn V. Isaac, Todd W. Fenton, Jered B. Cornelison
Abstract

Personal identification is often an essential contribution of forensic anthropologists in medicolegal death investigations.
This research...

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The Wounds Time Does Not Heal

A Case of Historical Pitfalls and the Present-Day Identification of a U.S. Marine from World War II

Rylan Tegtmeyer Hawke, Cullen J. Black
Abstract

The segregation and subsequent identification of skeletal remains from commingled contexts is a multifaceted and complicated process. Success or...

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