Anthropology and Forensic Science Links

The Anthropology Outreach Office at the National Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian Institution provides "public information and educational material on a wide range of anthropological topics and provides, free of charge, leaflets, bibliographies, and teacher packets." The site also provides AnthroNotes, The National Museum of Natural History Anthropology Bulletin for Teachers.

Anthropology Resources on the Internet from the American Anthropological Association.

Forensic Science Reference List An extensive list of world-wide links to all manner of forensic science sites, including private contractors, posted at the US Fish and Wildlife Service's Web server.

Zeno's Forensic Page contains a large selection of links to forensic science, medicine and psychiatry sites.

The American Academy of Forensic Sciences The principal professional organization for forensic scientists in the US.

The American Board of Forensic Anthropologists The qualifying board for professional forensic anthropologists in the US, with diplomate addresses and a description of the field.

Osteointeractive A graphics intensive educational and informational site, covering osteology, forensic anthropology, bone histology and paleopathology.

The New Mexico Office of the Medical Invesigator's Web Site Another extensive list of forensic science links, plus an inside look at the activities and responsibilities of medical examiners.

Forensic Anthropology and Computer Enhancement Services (FACES) at LSU A research and analytical center for the identification of human remains. It focuses on reproducing the likenesses of human beings from their craniofacial bones.

The Visible Human Project An effort to create a three-dimensional, digital representation of the human anatomy with links to sites using the data genenerated by the project. At The National Library of Medicine.

The National Institutes of Health An on-line resource covering on-going intramural and extramural biomedical research funded by The NIH (CRISP Index), biomedical data bases (including the Human Genome Project and The National Center for Biotechnology Information's GenBank and Entrez Browser), the PubMed WWW biomedical literature search engine (through The National Library of Medicine) and many other related matters and links.

The National Science Foundation Like The NIH site, a rich source of science data, links and News, particularly see Frontiers Magazine.

Eurekalert The American Association for the Advancement of Science's science news Web site. It also contains numerous science writing links.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The primary center for epidemiological research and tracking in the US, and the source for Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report which covers infectious disease and other health issues and for Emerging Infectious Diseases. (Note that the electronic editions of MMWR and EID require the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.)

The BioMedNet Magazine An on-line science journal covering current science news, ethical issues in research, book and software reviews, science journalism. It also features moderated panel discussions by leading scientists on topics of current interest.

Science Daily carries science headline news updated daily Monday through Friday from newspapers and press releases.

Last updated 11/2002