A Synergistic Forensic Approach to Population Affinity Estimation

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dc.contributorStorey, Rebecca
dc.contributorValier, Helen
dc.contributorWidmer, Randolph J.
dc.contributor.authorBuck, Reece A.
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-11T14:27:03Z
dc.date.available2022-07-11T14:27:03Z
dc.date.issued2021-12-07
dc.description.abstractThrough analyzing the 20 skulls from the South Texas Applied Forensic Science center I aim to ascertain a better picture of the demography of our donors and what that means regarding the issue of ancestry estimation in Forensic Anthropology. I will also be analyzing genetic methods of ancestry estimation and how both forensic anthropology and forensic genetics can work synergistically to create new statistical software with greater accuracy. With our globalized society it is becoming more and more unlikely that we can fit ourselves neatly into the racial categories that the offices of jurisprudence would like us to fill, thus we should be tailoring our methods and practices to more reflect ourselves as biological populations of the species Homo sapiens rather than placing ourselves within antiquated racial typologies such as: Black, White, Asian, and Hispanic.
dc.description.departmentComparative Cultural Studies, Department of
dc.description.departmentHonors College
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10657/10506
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.ispartofSenior Honors Theses
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dc.subjectForensic Anthropology
dc.subjectAncestry
dc.subjectRace
dc.subjectIdentification
dc.subjectBiological Anthropology
dc.titleA Synergistic Forensic Approach to Population Affinity Estimation
dc.typeHonors Thesis
dc.type.dcmiText
thesis.degree.collegeCollege of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
thesis.degree.levelBachelors
thesis.degree.nameBachelor of Science

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