Abstract:Once there is a suspicion of identity—in other words, we think we know whom the skeleton belonged to—definite positive identification can be performed by DNA analysis, by odontological methods, and also by forensic anthropology via the comparison of bone shape. This may be done, for example, by comparing the shape of specific bones visible in an antemortem X ray of the missing person with the same bones visible in a postmortem X ray of the skeleton. The most popular areas for this type of comparison are the fr… Show more
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