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Abstract：
Several decomposed body parts were received for examination by the Forensic Anthropology section of the Medico-legal Institute of João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil. The portions of the lower and upper limbs, ribs, vertebrae, and a skull were thoroughly examined. The biological profile indicated a male individual with an estimated age range between 23 and 57 years and a mean age of 35.2 years (SD = 9.4; phase IV, Suchey-Brooks). The skeleton showed injuries caused by sharp force and sharp-blunt force trauma that affected all body segments. Macroscopically, the lesions are mainly in the diaphyseal segments of the long bones, sacrum, pelvis, mandible, maxilla, scapulae, sternum, vertebrae, the distal epiphysis of the left fibula, and the distal epiphysis of the left tibia displayed characteristics compatible with injuries produced perimortem. It was not possible to determine the cause of death. DNA analysis resulted in a positive identification. Because of common difficulties faced in forensic practice, it is often not possible for forensic anthropologists to go to the crime scene, X-ray or body scanners are frequently unavailable, and the victim\'s medical and/or dental records are sometimes absent. These difficulties make identification ultimately depend on genetic analysis, which is more time-consuming than other identification methods. Despite this, bone fragment examination in dismemberment cases is a complex task. Forensic Anthropology can shed light on cases involving the identification of dismembered remains, which are challenging because of the number of traumatic injuries, as well as different injury patterns, on bones.
摘要：
若昂·佩索阿医学法律研究所的法医人类学部门收到了几个分解的身体部位进行检查，帕拉伊巴,巴西。下肢和上肢的部分，肋骨,椎骨,对头骨进行了彻底检查。生物学特征表明男性个体的估计年龄范围在23至57岁之间，平均年龄为35.2岁（SD=9.4；IV期，Suchey-Brooks）。骨骼显示出锐器和锐器钝器创伤造成的伤害，影响了所有身体部位。宏观上,病变主要在长骨的骨干段，骶骨,骨盆,下颌骨,上颌骨,肩胛骨,胸骨,椎骨,左腓骨远端骨,左胫骨远端骨phy表现出与死前产生的损伤相符的特征。无法确定死因。DNA分析导致阳性鉴定。由于法医实践中面临的共同困难，法医人类学家通常不可能去犯罪现场，X射线或人体扫描仪经常不可用，受害者的医疗和/或牙科记录有时不存在。这些困难使鉴定最终取决于遗传分析，比其他识别方法更耗时。尽管如此,肢解病例的骨碎片检查是一项复杂的任务。法医人类学可以揭示涉及识别肢解遗骸的案件，由于创伤的数量，这是具有挑战性的，以及不同的伤害模式，骨头上。
