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numbers of individuals in each population represented will have
to increase to statistically useful levels. As improvements in public
health and nutrition occur in third world populations, rapid secular
changes in growth and life span will have to be reflected in such
collections. Particularly critical is the almost total absence of fetuses,
neonates, and children in U.S. skeletal reference collections. This will
be remedied only through increased public awareness of need com-
bined with improved and expanded remains solicitation programs.
- One can anticipate an expansion of the already prominent role of
forensic anthropology in mass fatality incidents, whether natural or
manmade, e.g., coastal storms, transportation disasters, terrorism, etc.,
and in the investigation of crimes against humanity (e.g., Argentina,
Bosnia, Rwanda, Chile, etc.).
Perhaps most importantly, one can predict that agencies responsible
for death investigation and identification will develop cadres of specialists,
including anthropologists, odontologists, pathologists, molecular biologists,
and others whose contributions form a seamless team approach to these
problems on any scale.
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