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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Virtual Anthropology"”.
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VIRTUAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND COMMINGLED SKELETAL REMAINS. RESOURCES AND POTENTIAL FOR PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION IN HUMANITARIAN FORENSIC CONTEXTS
… remains represent a compelling topic in forensic anthropology, especially in view of the recent mass disasters in the Mediterranean Sea related to the migration crisis. With over 1,000 alleged victims, and thousands of commingled skeletal remains, the shipwreck of April, 8th, 2015 stands among …
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Explorations into Appendicular Ontogeny using a Cross-Sectional, Contemporary U.S. Sample
… restricted by sample availability in biological anthropology. Alternatively, the same source of longitudinal data has been repeatedly used, which does not reflect the variability of growth and development (i.e., ontogeny) or the United States (U.S.) population. Small and/or homogenous samples …
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Exploring Cranial Macromorphoscopics from Adult Computed Tomography Scans Using an Anatomage Table
Virtual anthropology has become popularized within the past decade providing ease of access to anthropological data and increasing the diversity of digital skeletal samples. This paper uses computed tomography scans of adults to test the efficacy of using the protocol developed by Stull et al. …
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Fashionable addiction : the impact of digital identity through the cult of the body (an African perspective, with particular reference to the Democratic Republic of Congo)
… as in the fashion sense described above: a virtual identification which could also suggest a tendency towards an alienation of the body (because of the virtual social interaction and virtual identity) from its immediate environment that has manifested in our current psychological landscape. …
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Study of Pelvic Growth and Development Through Examination of Interlandmark Distances and Geometric Morphometric Analyses: Implications for Subadult Skeletal Sex and Age Estimation
… from the United States sample of the Subadult Virtual Anthropology Database (SVAD) and the full body CT scans were generated prior to autopsy at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Office of the Medical Investigator between the years of 2010 to 2017 and are available via the …
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Developing Subadult Sex Estimation Standards Using Adult Morphological Sex Traits and an Ontogenetic Approach
… the ages of eight and 20 years from the Subadult Virtual Anthropology Database, which is comprised of high-resolution computed tomography scans of contemporary, known subadults to address three specific research aims: Specific Aim #1: Determine the age at which sex traits of the skull and pelvis …