Forensics Anthropology Internet Activity
Name __________________________________________
Date _____________________ Class _________________
Use the web page https://www.nlm.nih.gov/visibleproofs/education/anthropological/index.html to
complete the following activities.
Part 1: Biological Sex- View the indicated skull features and use the hints to determine the sex of each
skull.
Summary of hints:
Skull 1: male or female because
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Skull 2: male or female because
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Part 2: Ancestry- View the indicated skull features and use the hints to determine the ancestry of the
skull. Fill in the hint chart below.
Nasal features
Caucasoid
Mongoloid
Skull features- describe the indicated features on the skull
A) Nasal opening:
B) Nasal sill:
C) Nasal bone:
D) Nasal Spine:
Skull ancestry: Caucasoid
Mongoloid
Negroid
Negroid
Part 3: Bullet entry and exit wound- Use the indicated areas of the skull and the hints to determine
which photo (left or right) shows the entry/exit wound.
Summary of hints:
Left skull:
entry
exit
because _____________________________________________________
Right skull: entry
exit
because _____________________________________________________
Part 4: Liliana’s Story- Read the article and the photo captions and answer the following questions.
1) How many people disappeared in Argentina between 1976 and 1983?
2) Why were outside forensic specialists brought into Argentina after the junta fell?
3) What is the EAAF?
4) Who was Liliana Pereyra and what happened to her?
5) How are the bones arranged once they arrive in the lab?
6) How did the scientists know that Liliana had given birth even though no fetal bones were found?
7) How were the teeth of the skeleton used to help identify the victim?
Part 5: Bones Bear Witness- Read the transcripts to answer the following questions.
1) How was the EAAF formed?
2) What evidence was presented at trial about the cause of death of Liliana Pereyra?
3) Describe the process of recovering human remains from a grave.
4) What equipment is used to recover bones and evidence from a grave?
5) Describe what happens to the bones once they arrive at the lab.
6) List the three objectives of Snow’s team.
7) What was the challenge at El Mozote?
8) Snow’s team’s work in Argentina was the first
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Part 6: Anthropologists- Read the transcript for each of the anthropologists and summarize their
contributions below.
Lenore Barbian, Ph.D.:
Paul Sledzick, MS:
Clyde Snow, Ph.D.: