Identifies human remains from skeletons—age, sex, injuries, and sometimes identity.
Lays out bones found in the woods on a lab table, determines they belong to a young adult female with an old healed fracture, and helps police identify her.
Estimate; mostly universities and medical examiner offices.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Doctorate (PhD), about 10 years after high school. PhD in anthropology; board certification (ABFA).
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school, Certification. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Anthropology, Biology.
Growing about average (about 4% over 10 years). Estimate; very small field.
Low risk for 10 years. 3D imaging helps, but recovering and reading bones and testifying are skilled human work in a tiny field.
Classes: AP Biology, Anatomy and physiology, World history.
Official data: O*NET occupation 19-3091.
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