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Anthropological Evidence:
Forensic anthropologists recover and analyze skeletal remains in order to establish a biological profile. This includes an estimation of sex, age-at-death, stature, ancestry, pathology, and evidence of trauma. This information may help identify the remains by excluding any potential candidates that do not match the profile. Matching an individual to a biological profile often establishes a tentative identification. Experts then use additional lines of evidence such as fingerprinting, dental, and nuclear DNA to confirm or reject the tentative identification. |