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Forensic anthropology is a special sub-field of physical anthropology (the study of human remains) that involves applying skeletal analysis and techniques in archaeology to solving criminal cases.

Forensic Anthropologist Requirements: Masters or Ph. D. in anthropology, forensic sciences, or related field. Lab and field experience. Able to work long hours. Good communication and teamwork skills. Critical thinking skills.

A hunter is in the woods and comes across what he thinks is a human skull. He marks the area and goes to get police to bring them back to the area. A forensic anthropologist might be called to assist in determining first of all if the remains are in fact human.

The biological profile includes the decedents age at death, sex, ancestry, stature, and any individualizing traits that would be known to family and friends, such as the presence of braces on the teeth, healed or healing fractures, amputations, skeletal deformities, and other medical and anomalous conditions of the

Forensic Anthropologist Requirements: Masters or Ph. D. in anthropology, forensic sciences, or related field. Lab and field experience. Able to work long hours. Good communication and teamwork skills. Critical thinking skills.

Through the established methods, a forensic anthropologist can aid law enforcement in establishing a profile of the unidentified remains. The profile includes sex, age, ancestry, height, length of time since death, and sometimes the evaluation of trauma observed on bones.

A biological profile is an individuals identifying characteristics, or biological information, which include the following: sex, age, stature, ancestry, skeletal variation, trauma, and pathology.

The modern forensic anthropology laboratory uses macroscopic, microscopic, metric, and radiologic information to estimate the age at death, biological sex, ancestry, and stature of an individual from the skeleton.