Career Plans

By: Tamea Williams

Forensic Anthropologist

• A forensic anthropologist is a person who studies the remains of a human.

What do they do?(DETERMINING)

• How a person dies• Race• Sex• Age• Time of death• Type of occupation

in which they worked

• The health status of a victim

How a person dies

• Bone Cuts• Broken Bones• Postmortem (no signs

in healing; after death wounds) and Antemortem (before death; broken bone)

Identity(RACE,SEX,Age)

• A person’s sex can be determined on how big their bone’s are, and the way the areas around the muscle attachment are lager, and rugged.

• A male’s bones would be larger than a female’s

Identity(RACE, SEX, Age)

• Dental formation and eruption can tell the age

of a person after death

• Sometimes a disease may cause a person’s

age to be mislead; in this case anthropologists

use a range of age

Identity(RACE,SEX,Age)

• A person’s race is determined by their facial features feature’s

Other Forensics

• After determining the age, race, and sex of the victim a Forensic Artist may create a visual image of the victim (this is called facial reconstruction).

Becoming an Anthropologist(Education)

• Prepare yourself for at least seven years of college

• A PhD is required, though some people get their BA (Bachelor of Arts) then go on to the next degree

Becoming an Anthropologist(work field)

• While becoming a Forensic Anthropologist, you should pursue many different jobs

• Military• Medical Examiners• In Universities • Field Archeology

Becoming an Anthropologist(Working with the law)

• If you are planning to work in crime labs with police detectives and lawyers, should study law, as you might have to go up against a jury.

How much do (FA) make.?

Money!!!!!!!

• Assistance Professor: $35,000-$50,000 per year

• Full-time Professor: $90,000-$100,000 per year

• State, Federal Service (FBI): $95,000-$125,000 and up

My Future

• Finish high school• Go to college• Find a good paying, hardworking job• Become Rich