DNA Typing and

Forensic Anthropology
BMT
 What is DNA?
 Deoxyribonucleic Acid
– Nucleus of cell contains RNA and DNA
– Nucleus has 23 pairs of chromosomes made
up of DNA

– Within each pair one chromosome is from

sperm and the other is from egg. One from
your momma, one from your daddy.
 DNA Composition
 Adenine
 Guanine
 Cytosine
 Thymine

– When those four chemicals are stranded

together they create the DNA code for
individuals
 DNA Code
Scientists can link a single
strand of DNA to an individual
 DNA in Criminal Investigations
Powerfully Compelling Evidence!!!!
Forensic Anthropology
 Skeletal Anatomy
 206 bones
 Man weight
approximately 12
pounds
 Woman weight
approximately 10
pounds
 What can we learn from skeletal
remains?
 How a person lived  Approximate age at
 Debilitation, illnesses time of death
 Right handed or left  Sex of person (skull
handed and pelvis)
 Clues to type of  Race
occupation  Height
 Let’s see how
 Please copy the following website so that
you can print off the information on your
own

 http://shs.westport.k12.ct.us/forensics/11-
forensic_anthropology/skeletal_analysis_w
orksheet.htm#gender
 Skeletal Anatomy in Detail
 Terms to know
– Mandible= jaw or chin
– Eye orbit = eye socket
– Nasal cavity = nose
– Crani = skull
– Iliac crest= top of pelvis
– Femur = bone from hip to knee
– Tibia and fibula = bone from knee to ankle
Skeletal anatomy in detail cont.
 Humerus= bone from shoulder to elbow
 Radius= one of two bones from elbow to
wrist
 Ulna= second of two bones from elbow to
wrist
 Clavicle = collar bone
 Phalanges = fingers and toes
Epiphysis
 More Terms
 Caucasoid- refers to the Caucasian race
 Negroid- refers to the African American
Race
 Mongoloid- refers to Asian, or Native
Ameraicans.
 Refer To Handout
 Anatomical structures and their location