New perspectives in forensic human skeletal identification / edited by Krista E. Latham, Eric J. Bartelink, Michael Finnegan. - xvii, 356 pages : some colour illustrations, colour maps ; 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Advances in biological profile construction. Human skeletal variation and forensic anthropology / Advances in sex and ancestry estimation / Advances in cranial macromorphoscopic trait and dental morphology analysis for ancestry estimation / Evaluating mixture discriminant analysis to classify human mandibles with (hu)MANid, a free, R-based GUI / A decade of development in juvenile aging / Estimation of immature age from the dentition / Adult age-at-death estimation in unknown decedents : new perspectives on an old problem / Multivariate regression methods for the analysis of stature / Full skeleton stature estimation / The history and use of the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) in the identification of unknown persons / Advances in molecular and microscopic methods of identification. The utilization of databases for the identification of human remains / Flexibility in testing skeletonized remains for DNA analysis can lead to increased success: suggestions and case studies / Forensic identification of human skeletal remains using isotopes : a brief history of applications from archaeological dig sites to modern crime scenes / Applications of stable isotope forensics for geolocating unidentified human remains from past conflict situations and large-scale humanitarian efforts / Bomb pulse radiocarbon dating of skeletal tissues / Species determination from fragmentary evidence / Bone histology as an integrated tool in the process of human identification / Advances in radiographic and superimposition methods of identification. Overview of advances in forensic radiological methods of human identification / Advances in the use of frontal sinuses for human identification / Advances in the use of craniofacial superimposition for human identification / Comparative medical radiography : practice and validation / The computer-assisted decedent identification method of computer-assisted radiographic identification / Skeletal identification by radiographic comparison of the cervicothoracic region on chest radiographs / International studies and mass disasters. International advances in identification of human remains / Using elliptical Fourier analysis to interpret complex morphological features in global populations / Forensic anthropology and the biological profile in South Africa / The influence of operational workflow and mortuary environment on identification : a case study from the WWI Battle of Fromelles / Advances in disaster victim identification / The future of forensic identification methods from the human skeleton / Krista E. Latham, Eric J. Bartelink, Michael Finnegan -- Stephen P. Nawrocki, Krista E. Latham, Eric J. Bartelink ; M. Katherine Spradley, Kyra E. Stull ; Marin A. Pilloud, Christopher Maier, G. Richard Scott, Joseph T. Hefner ; Michael W. Kenyhercz, Gregory E. Berg ; Maureen Schaefer, Nicole Geske, Craig Cunningham ; Douglas H. Ubelaker ; Kristen Hartnett-McCann, Laura C. Fulginiti, Andrew C. Seidel ; Lyle W. Konigsberg, Lee Meadows Jantz ; Michelle H. Raxter, Christopher B. Ruff ; Elizabeth A. Murray, Bruce E. Anderson, Steven C. Clark, Randy L. Hanzlick -- Anne E. Osborn-Gustavson, Timothy McMahon, Melody Josserand, B.J. Spamer ; Suni M. Edson, Kimberly A. Root, Irene L. Kahline, Colleen A. Dunn, Bruche E. Trotter, Jennifer A. O'Rourke ; Lesley A. Chesson, Brett J. Tipple, Lane V. Youmans, Michael A. O'Brien, Michael M. Harmon ; Eric J. Bartelink, Gregory E. Berg, Lesley A. Chesson, Brett J. Tipple, Melanie M. Beasley, Julia R. Prince-Buitenhuys, Heather MacInnes, Amy T. MacKinnon, Krista E. Latham ; Bruce A. Buchholz, Kanar Alkass, Henrik Druid, Kirsty L. Spalding ; Douglas H. Ubelaker ; Christian M. Crowder, Janna M. Andronowski, Victoria M. Dominguez -- Mark Viner ; Angi M. Christensen and Gary M. Hatch ; Colleen F. Milligan, Janet E. Finlayson, Colleen M. Cheverko, Kristina M. Zarenko ; Emily Streetman, Todd W. Fenton ; Sharon M. Derrick, John A. Hipp, Priya Goel ; Carl N. Stephan, Susan S. D'Alonzo, Emily K. Wilson, Pierre Guyomarc'h, Gregory E. Berg, John E. Byrd -- Douglas H. Ubelaker ; Stephen P. Nawrocki, Krista E. Latham, Thomas Gore, Rachel M. Hoffman, Jessica N. Byram, Justin Maiers ; Gabriele C. Kruger, Leandi Liebenberg, Jolandie Myburgh, Anja Meyer, Anna C. Oettle, Deona Botha, Desire M. Brits, Michael W. Kenyhercz, Kyra E. Stull, Clarisa Sutherland, Ericka N. L'Abbe ; Roland Wessling ; Benjamin J. Figura ; Eric J. Bartelink, Krista E. Latham, Michael Finnegan. chapter 1. Section I. chapter 2. chapter 3. chapter 4. chapter 5. chapter 6. chapter 7. chapter 8. chapter 9. chapter 10. chapter 11. Section II. chapter 12. chapter 13. chapter 14. chapter 15. chapter 16. chapter 17. chapter 18. Section III. chapter 19. chapter 20. chapter 21. chapter 22. chapter 23. chapter 24. Section IV. chapter 25. chapter 26. chapter 27. chapter 28. chapter 29. chapter 30. Summary:

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Forensic osteology.
Dead--Identification.
Human skeleton--Identification.
Forensic anthropology--Methodology.