Anthropology is the scientific study of the origin, the behavior, and the physical, social, and cultural development of humans. Forensic anthropologists are trained physical anthropologists who ...

In 1992, forensic anthropologist Mercedes (Mimi) Doretti (pictured above, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in the 1980s) traveled to El Salvador as part of a U.N.-sponsored team to investigate the 1981 ...

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. — In a lab on USF's campus, dedicated forensic anthropologists and students are doing the sacred work of piecing together clues about lives lost—without all the answers.

Hannah Skropits, an Ontario native, will graduate in May with a master's in science in forensic & biological anthropology from Mercyhurst University.

In the case of the History Detectives, a forensic anthropologist's skill is used to give an identity and/or a cause of death to skeletal remains. The field of forensic anthropology is relatively new.