The 'Race' Assigned to a Person's Skeletal Remains by a Forensic

question 45

Multiple Choice

The 'race' assigned to a person's skeletal remains by a forensic scientist:

• A) can differ from the race that would have been assigned visually by that scientist to the same person if seen in a photo or during personal interaction pre-dating the death
• B) always conforms to the dead person's racial self-identity
• C) is key to understanding that person's life experience
• D) is based on guesswork versus systematic measurements
• E) All of the answers are correct

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