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LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Biological and Environmental Sciences
Learning Methods
Lecture
Practical
Workshop
Module Offerings
5313NATSCI-JAN-CTY
Aims
To examine the causes and extent of genetic and phenotypic variation in modern human populations. To examine the methods used to reconstruct life patterns and individual identification from skeletal remains.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Discuss the possible contributions made by adaptation and acclimatisation to the
morphological differences observed within and between human populations.
2.
Critically evaluate the use of genetic techniques in human variation.
3.
Analyse and interpret the data from selected anthropological techniques used to investigate patterns of human variation.
4.
Develop a deep knowledge of the methods used to estimate the sex, age-at-death, body size & shape parameters and the geographic provenance of an individual from human skeletal remains.
5.
Critically evaluate the methods by which human remains are identified according to the expert witness duties and responsibility in forensic human identification.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Historical perspectives on human variation. The human genome and genetic variation in human populations. Patterns of genetic and morphological variation in modern human populations. The adaptive significance of human variation. Historical
perspective on forensic anthropology. The recovery of human remains. Identification of human remains. Estimation of sex, age-at-death, body size & shape parameters from human skeletal remains. Recognition of trauma and diagnosis of palaeopathologies of human skeletal remains. Expert witness role, duties and responsibility, in forensic human identification.
Module Overview:
Within this module, you will examine the causes and extent of genetic and phenotypic variation in modern human populations and also examine the methods used to reconstruct life patterns and individual identification from skeletal remains.
Within this module, you will examine the causes and extent of genetic and phenotypic variation in modern human populations and also examine the methods used to reconstruct life patterns and individual identification from skeletal remains.
Additional Information:To examine the causes and extent of genetic and phenotypic variation in modern human populations. To examine the methods used to reconstruct life patterns and individual identification from skeletal remains.