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'Varotto E, LANDINI L, DESIDERATO A, MIETLIŃSKA J, SINEO L, GALASSI FM, 2024: COMPARATIVE OSTEOLOGICAL SKILLS IN
THE PRACTICE OF FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY:
AN EXAMPLE TO STRESS AN EDUCATIONAL
AND PROFESSIONAL POINT. Anthropologie (Brno) 62, 2: 143-149'. |
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| Abstract | | This article presents a case of accidental retrieval of osteological remains by the police for which the
intervention of specialised diagnostic skills is required in order to efficiently serve the justice system, leading to a correct
identification of the examined species. In this instance two fused osteological elements were preliminarily considered
by a coroner to be potentially belonging to the human species and could only be determined not to be so – belonging
instead to a non-human animal species – by applying comparative osteological methodology. The discussed case also
offers relevant insights into the taphonomic alterations caused by the environment in which the remains lay. Finally,
a rational education and professional workflow is suggested to optimize diagnostic situations like the one in question. | | | | Keywords | | Comparative anatomy – Education – Forensic anthropology – Justice – Osteology – Taphonomy –
Zoology | | | | DOI | | https://doi.org/10.26720/anthro.24.04.05.1 | | |
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