Changing the Landscape of Identity in Forensic Anthropology

[...]the authors suggest continued exploration of the topic and deep integration of broad anthropological methodologies that consider population-specific contributors to body composition, such as socioeconomic status, and incorporate growth patterns. The authors demonstrate the investigative potential of genetic population data for persons whose communities of origin are unknown, arguing that mobilizing the breadth of genetic data available to forensic investigators, in tandem with multiple modes of analysis, provides an additional tool to help caseworkers refine their investigation. [...]Taylor et al. and Adams and Pilloud anchor this collection in the often underserved social side of forensic anthropology.