Physical Anthropology (page 4)
Career Opportunities
Forensic anthropology is practiced nearly everywhere there
are skeletons to be examined. Traditionally, forensic anthropologists
worked out of their laboratories at major research institutions
or universities. The U.S. Government has recently hired
forensic anthropologists at the U.S. Army-Central Human
Identification Laboratory for repatriation issues. The Armed
Forces Institute of Pathology - Office of the Armed Forces
Medical Examiner employs a forensic anthropologist as a
Deputy Chief Medical Examiner, and various state and local
medical examiner offices use forensic anthropologists as
medical investigators or administrators. Additionally, state
and federal law enforcement agencies have hired physical
anthropologists to act as special agents and laboratory
personnel.
The field of forensic anthropology is an exciting and growing
one with many opportunities available to interested persons.
Students wishing to know more about this field should include
in their training programs courses in statistics, archaeological
recovery methods, human anatomy, and skeletal biology.
