Identification in forensic anthropology: Its relation to genetics

摘要

Within forensic activity, whenever identification is a problem, it is generalized that DNA analysis is the solution. However, it is well known both by forensic pathologists and anthropologists that, apart form the immense potentiality of this technique, there are many situations where the classical forensic anthropology examination is still useful and irreplaceable. Through the presentation of two forensic routine cases of the National Institute of Legal Medicine (NILM) in Portugal, the interdisciplinarity between forensic anthropology and forensic genetic is discussed showing the benefits as well as the pitfalls of each of these sciences.