A. Describe how the information included in the statements above might be interp

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A. Describe how the information included in the statements above might be interpreted to help establish the age of the victim in this case.
B. Describe how theinferences might be made from the statement with regard to establishing time since death. A. Describe how the information included in the statements above might be interpreted to help establish the age of the victim in this case.
B. Describe how theinferences might be made from the statement with regard to establishing time since death. 3. Read the following statement from a forensic anthropology case study and then answer the questions below: "When anthropologists first saw the remains, they had been delivered to a local morgue and were packaged in paper grocery bags. The bones were dry, devoid of soft tissue, and soil stained. We quickly noted that all the bones of the feet and the distal epiphyses of both tibiae and fibulae were contained in a pair of socks that were found with lengths of rope knotted around the tops of the cuffs... the three primary centres of the innominates, but none of the long bone epiphyses, had fused.. cranial and pelvic morphology suggested mal..." Figure 1 Radiograph of the right mandibular dentition of the victim

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Age can be determined by studying the bones of the skelton. in forensics and archaeology determining the age of a skelton of often onrvoh the ist step in rebuilding life and death also .

Radio carbon or carbon 14 dating is widely used worldwide for determining the age of fossils and skeletons. it is not available all the time and in such cases examination of bones of the method used to determine the age of a skelton.

First observe the Skelton and remains around it. look into the growth and disintegration to determine the appropriate age .

measure the skelton if bones are missing use femur or thigh bone as it makes about quarter of body's entire length .so it can be used to calculate the approximate age of the skelton.

check the skelton teeth .if it has wisdom teeth the person was past the age of 18 years .if there is significant bones loss it means more advanced age .

bones fuse together as we age but the victims bones are not fused it means the victim is of lower age group .

if sagittal suture is completely fixed it indicates the age over 35years .And if coronal structure is fused it indicates the age is over 40years .

b.time since death is measured by calculating the temperature .and some insects are also used to determine the time since death. bones are examined microscopically bones differ as we age .

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