ANT205H5 Lecture Notes - Forensic Anthropology, Review Article, Critical Thinking
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It is also used to distinguish good versus bad sources and arguments: critical thinking forms a logical basis for all decisions and for. F. anthropoogists use critical thinking to design search strategies and every situation is unique. Critical thinking for forensic anthropologists is used to determine the best way to recover remains. i. e conducting an excavation. This has to be done without damaging or losing any evidence. It is imperative to recover all types of evidence even in time sensitive situations. Forensic anthropologists use critical thinking for forensic significance + to evaluate methods of sex, age, ancestry and stature. This is because you must be able to justify which methods you used in court and to people who have never done this before aka a jury. Critical thinking is done to confirm or refute identification for hard evidence purposes. It is also done to interpret evidence at a scene.