Provider: Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic

TY  - JOUR
JO  - Anthropologie (Brno)
TI  - COMPARATIVE OSTEOLOGICAL SKILLS IN
THE PRACTICE OF FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY:
AN EXAMPLE TO STRESS AN EDUCATIONAL
AND PROFESSIONAL POINT
AU  - Varotto E
AU  - LANDINI L
AU  - DESIDERATO A
AU  -  MIETLIŃSKA J
AU  - SINEO L
AU  - GALASSI FM
Y1  - 2024
VL  - 62
IS  - 2
PB  - Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic
SN  - 0323-1119
SP  - 143
EP  - 149
KW  - Comparative anatomy – Education – Forensic anthropology – Justice – Osteology – Taphonomy –
Zoology
N2  - 
N2  - 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.
ER  -