Please be aware that due to the nature of the topic of forensic anthropology, this recording includes discussions of violence, child sexual abuse, death by suicide and mass-fatality events, which some viewers may find disturbing.

Forensic anthropology aims to unveil the identity of a person from sparse evidence, be it the perpetrator or the victim.
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Books referred to in this talk:
"The Death Ship" by B. Traven - https://geni.us/7Ijv

Dame Susan Margaret Black DBE FRSE FRCP is a Scottish forensic anthropologist, anatomist and academic. She is Pro Vice-Chancellor for Engagement at Lancaster University. Sue was awarded an OBE in 2001 for her work in war crimes investigations in Kosovo and in 2016 she was awarded a DBE for her services to education and forensic anthropology.

This talk and Q&A was filmed in the Ri on 22 February 2019.

0:00 Introduction
2:36 Who is Sue Black?
8:48 Defining identity
14:43 How much change is unidentifiable?
17:51 How DNA changed the forensic world
20:45 What do forensic anthropologists study?
24:35 A case from Migdale Wood
34:03 The power of hands in forensics
38:42 Mapping veins and freckles in disturbing cases
48:23 Building an anatomical database of vein patterns

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