What type of questions would a Anthropologist ask?
If no remains have been found, and you’re doing a search, you’d need to look either for bones, or a clandestine grave. You’d have to know what those looked like, and you’d have to be able to train the search party what to look for. If bones were found, you’d have to determine: -MNI (Minimum Number of Individuals). How many individuals are there? If you find more than one right humerus, or two bones that are completely different sizes, then you’re looking at more than one body present at the scene. -Are the bones human or non-human? Sometimes this can be tricky: a bear paw looks a whole lot like a human hand, skeletally, but a trained eye can look at it and make a determination. -Completeness/condition of the skeleton. If it’s been out in the elements for awhile, the bones will be disarticulated and scattered–some will be missing completely. Sometimes the body has been burned. Sometimes there’s still soft tissue attached. Sometimes wear and bite marks from animals will appear on the bo
