ANTH 600 Forensic Anthropology

A UK site that formed to offer a unique reference point on forensic science, crime scene investigations and pathology.

Compiled by the American Academy of Forensic Sciences

Created by National Forensic Science Technology Center.

This project was undertaken to establish a computerized skeletal database composed of recent forensic cases to represent the present ethnic diversity and demographic structure of the United States population.

Overview of forensic sciences

Online presentation by the Archaeology and Ethnology Museum, Simon Fraser University, providing information and activities that recreate some of the challenges forensics experts deal with. Taking on the roles of Forensic Archaeologists, Anthropologists, Entomologists, Botanists, DNA Analysts, and Stable Isotope Analysts, each task will be a real job that a forensic expert does and every step is important to solving the case. Includes expert videos on each discipline and a detailed textual library in the "Resources" section.

Examines history through 17th C bone biographies based on the forensic examination of human skeletons. Smithsonian Institution exhibition. Includes skeleton keys and forensic case files.

Teaching files and images for musculoskeletal radiology

Good practice website that presents one case per day and how it was solved with radiology

An online interactive tutorial

Formerly: Penn Cranial CT Database. Contains high resolution scans of human and non-human crania from the Penn University Museum and other institutions.

UT Austin, Dept. of Anthropology. Interactive website on skeletal anatomy. View bones of both human and non-human primates.

Graphical user interface. Created by the Dept. of Anthrpology, California State University, Chico.

GetBodySmart tutorials on the human skeleton.

Hundreds of interactive anatomy pictures and descriptions.

Complete, anatomically detailed, 3D representations of male and female human bodies. National Library of Medicine.