Male head less rounded Cresting here; generally tends to be more pronounced Zygomatic arch is usually heavier The Biology of Modern Homo sapiens The second important question involves the circumstances of the individual's death. How long ago did the riy? What was here was the person killed? Was the body transported to the sit of discoe? What washthe cause of the death (drowning, blunt broe yama, pred to the and so for hot alahe waite manner of death (natural, sicide, unt fore rauna, pide Of course not all the things that happen to an individual around the time of death are grident in the skeleton, but many things are. For example, wile sund thesis death are 3 stroke and heart a skull, an unlikely to leave any evidence in the skeletal remains, broken bones, trauma to the skull, and bullet holes can usually be clearly skelet Finally, forensic science has become very popular as a subject of many television series. Unfortunately, the activities portrayed on these programs often border on science serien. We see state-of-the-art equipment most of which does not actually exist) provide relatively instant identification of victims and solve the questions of their demise. The reality is that the determination of the facts is very painstaking work and does not always provide all of the answers. Unfortunately, juries today expect the results that they see in television drama and as a consequence the courts have increasingly spent time educating jurors as to the realities of forensic science. pubic angle Sacrum Ischium tereotypic female and male rom skeletal material, build and handedness. I alter the skeleton in hat individualize the xample) and cultural Summary Growth is an increase in the size of an organism; development is a change from an undifferentiated to a highly organized, specialized state. There are three ways in which growth occurs: Hyperplasia is an increase in the number of cells, hypertro-phy is a general increase in cell size, and accretion is an increase in the amount of intercellular material. Bone growth begins with the appearance of primary and secondary areas of ossification, areas where bone is replacing cartilage. In long bones, growth takes place in growth plates that close when growth ceases in a fairly regular order at characteristic ages. Bone age is the average chronological age at which these events occur. The pattern of tooth formation and eruption serves a similar purpose. Growth can be charted in distance and velocity curves that plot the increase in stature, or some other variable, over time. When examining a growth curve, we notice a period known as the adolescent growth spurt. This is an aspect of puberty, which also includes changes in the reproductive organs and the secondary sexual characteristics. Specific anthropometric measurements also can be plotted against age and illustrate aspects of sexual dimorphism. Differences in patterns of growth and development may be seen in children growing up in stressful environments; these are known as developmental adjustments. The nature and rates of growth and development are controlled by the complex interaction of internal and external factors. These factors include the hormones, which are particularly involved in the control of puberty; environmental factors, including the availability and usage patterns of food; diseases, both those that are genetic and those caused by disease organisms; and heredity, which plays a major role by setting the potential limits to growth measurements such as stature. Improvement in nutrition, better sanitation, and better health services may be responsible for an increase in average stature and weight over the years, a tendency referred to as the secular trend. Forensic anthropology is the study of human skeletal remains in the legal context. The forensic anthropologist estimates several attributes of the individual represented by the skeletal remains, including sex, age, and stature, and determines the cause and manner of death.