Abstract
Forensic anthropologists apply specialized knowledge regarding the skeleton to legal questions. This includes, but is not limited to, the recovery of human remains from various contexts, the estimation of time since death, the development of biological profiles (sex, age, ancestry, and stature), the analysis of postmortem alterations to the skeleton, the analysis of antemortem and perimortem trauma, and personal identification of unknown human remains. Personal identification is essential in the resolution of medicolegal and humanitarian cases and is the primary focus of this book. This chapter introduces the book New Perspectives in Forensic Human Skeletal Identification and the various scientific modalities that can be employed during the identification process and that will be discussed in more detail in subsequent chapters. The volume is divided into four sections: Advances in Biological Profile Construction (Chapters 2–11), Advances in Molecular Methods of Identification (Chapters 12–18), Advances in Radiographic and Superimposition Methods of Identification (Chapters 19–24), and International Studies and Mass Disasters (Chapters 25–29).
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