Anthropology and Odontology

Forensic anthropology plays a central role in the identification of people who are not identifiable by fingerprints or photographs: Nature has taken its course. Using their knowledge of human anatomy and variation, forensic anthropologists develop biological profiles of skeletal remains and look for individualizing traits in the hopes that the victim can be identified. They also assist other investigators, such as forensic odontologists and medical examiners, to help with the interpretation of taphonomic information and trauma.