Anthropology

Question 1

Bones discovered at scene

Answer 1

• human or animal?
• minimum n.o. of individuals
• sex of bones
• indications of cause of death

Question 2

At morchary

Answer 2

• layout skeleton & note features
• signs of disease?
• bite marks , animal degradation?
• which bones are present
• which bones are missing

Question 3

ALA is NARROWER than body of s1

Answer 3

MALE

Question 4

ALA is similar to width of S1

Answer 4

FEMALE

Question 5

Infra-pubic arch <90*

Answer 5

MALE

Question 6

Infra-pubis arch >90*

Answer 6

FEMALE

Question 7

Triangular shaped pubic ramus

Answer 7

MALE

Question 8

More square shaped pubic ramus

Answer 8

FEMALE

Question 9

Sharp and concave symphyseal face

Answer 9

FEMALE

Question 10

Broad and flat symphyseal face

Answer 10

MALE

Question 11

General architecture of skull

Answer 11

Rugged - M

Smooth - F

Question 12

Supraorbital ridges and mastoid processes

Answer 12

Medium to large -M

Small to medium -F

Question 13

Occipital area -muscle lines and protuberance

Answer 13

Marked - M

Not marked- F

Question 14

Frontal eminence

Parietal eminence

Answer 14

Large -M

Small -F

Question 15

Orbits

Answer 15

• Squared, lower, relatively smaller, with rounded margin - M
• Rounded, higher, relatively larger, with sharp margins - F

Question 16

Forehead

Answer 16

Steeper, less rounded -M

Rounded, full, infantile -F

Question 17

Cheekbones

Answer 17

Heavier, more laterally arched -M

Lighter, more compressed -F

Question 18

Mandible

Answer 18

Larger, higher symphysis, broader ascending ramus -M

Small, with less corpal and ramal dimensions -F

Question 19

Palate

Answer 19

larger, broader, tends to be U-shaped -M

small, tends to be parabola - F

Question 20

Occipital condyles

Answer 20

Large-M

Small-F

Question 21

Teeth

Answer 21

Large, lower M1 5 cusped -M

Small, molars often 4 cusped -F