Latest Physical anthropology Stories

In a study carried out on the Athletic Bilbao Club's women's team, researchers of the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country have analyzed changes in the players' bodies and their performance over the season Researchers in the UPV/EHU's department of Physical and Sports Education have worked with 21 players in the Athletic Club women's A team. They have studied the relationship between their routine training (including the matches played) and their anthropometric measurements, parts of...

-The new technique is based on a computing system designed by researchers at the Forensic Anthropology Laboratory of the University of Granada. -This system is based on free software and has a reliability of 95%. Researchers at the University of Granada, Spain, have designed a new computing system that determines the age and sex of a corpse with a reliability of 95%. This system is based on free software called Image and a free DICOM displayer called K-Pacs. This state-of-the-art system...

Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online As DNA analysis technology improves, scientists are able to bring more and more of Earth’s history back to life in greater detail. In a new report in the journal Investigative Genetics, researchers have revealed the ability to flesh out the features of long-dead individuals based on a newly developed analytic technique. By examining variations in the DNA code on teeth and bone artifacts, the geneticists’ new HIrisPlex DNA...

CHAPPAQUA, N.Y., Sept. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Bones' house in the Florida Swamps may lack electricity, but there's no shortage of heat in the story she tells in Precious Bones, a new novel for kids by Mika Ashley-Hollinger. When two men are found murdered within a few weeks in Bones' small town, the suspense builds, myth and mystery begin to intermingle, and sparks start to fly. This historical fiction novel, set in 1949, depicts a rural Florida that has all but vanished, where...

    University of Granada researchers have designed a new corpse identification technique that is more reliable and less costly than those currently employed.     To carry out this study, the researchers collected data from a sample of 500 alive individuals from Mediterranean regions. University of Granada researchers have developed a new forensic identification technique that compares the skull with one or several pictures of the subject while still alive. This system is based on...

Research from North Carolina State University shows that they really don't make women like they used to, at least in Spain. The study, which examined hundreds of Spanish and Portuguese skulls spanning four centuries, shows that differences in the craniofacial features of men and women have become less pronounced."Improving our understanding of the craniofacial features of regional groups can help us learn more from skeletal remains, or even help us identify an individual based on his or her...

Today, during the 89th General Session & Exhibition of the International Association for Dental Research, held in conjunction with the 40th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Dental Research and the 35th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association for Dental Research, lead researcher T. Nguyen will hold an oral presentation on a study titled "Mandibular Changes Produced by Skeletal Anchorage Assisted Orthopedic Traction."The objective of this study was to evaluate...

New research from North Carolina State University is now giving forensic scientists a tool that can be used to help identify the remains of children, and may contribute to resolving missing-persons cases, among other uses. Identifying skeletal remains can be a key step in solving crimes, but traditionally it has been exceptionally difficult to identify the skeletal remains of children."The key finding in our research is that children's faces attain the shapes they will have in adulthood much...

The Applied Forensic Sciences Department at Mercyhurst College continues its landmark research into the recovery and interpretation of burned human remains from fatal fire scenes with a mock fire and excavation in Montgomery County, Pa., this weekend.Representatives of the department were on site last week when area fire officials conducted a controlled burn of a modular home at the Hickory Park Campgrounds, 2140 Big Road, Gilbertsville, Pa. Before the structure was set ablaze, the Mercyhurst...

An expert in forensic anthropology argues that the database should include computer records of citizens such as anthropological data, physiognomic characteristics, medical information, radiographic files, dental records and numbers of different identity documents. Tzipi Kahana believes that radiographic techniques, together with information from this database, are a reliable mechanism for identifying bodies after natural disasters or attacks.Forensic Anthropology, as an independent discipline...