Forensic Osteology for Adults: Human Skulls with the Museum of Osteology

The Forensic Osteology class introduces adult participants to forensic science and osteology. Participants will learn about what information specialists can discover by examining human osteological remains and about careers related to forensic science. They will examine different trauma signatures on the human skull and dentition caused by blunt force trauma, sharp force trauma, and gunshot wounds. They will learn how to read these trauma signatures and how to differentiate between healed injuries and those injuries that were sustained at the time of death. Discretion is advised. Please note that the information covered in the class does include information from real homicides and images of human bone.