法医人类学正在国际和国内迅速发展。通过媒体报道危害人类罪和未解决的谋杀案，可以激发人们的这种兴趣。澳大利亚人最近在例如东帝汶和所罗门群岛参与了这类工作。法医人类学作为一门学科，主要涉及发展各种人类学和考古学技能并将其应用到具有法律法律意义的问题上。传统上，该学科分为三个主要子领域：法医骨科学，法医考古学和法医法学。法医骨科学使用的是在人类学上发展起来的方法和程序，并着重于通过对身体遗骸（通常是骨骼和牙齿材料）的分析来识别人类。法医考古学关注的是管理并经常挖掘包含人类遗骸（包括战争罪行情况下的万人冢）的犯罪
Forensic Anthropology is rapidly developing a high profile both internationally and domestically. Much of this interest has been catalysed by way of media coverage of investigations into crimes against humanity and unsolved murders. Australians have been involved in this kind of work recently in, for example, East Timor and the Solomon Islands.<br><br>Forensic Anthropology, as a discipline, is primarily concerned with developing and applying a range of anthropological and archaeological skills to questions of medico-legal importance. Traditionally the discipline is broken down into three main sub-fields:<br><br>forensic osteology<br>forensic archaeology<br>forensic taphonomy<br>Forensic osteology uses methods and procedures developed in physical anthropology and focuses on human identification by way of the analysis of physical remains (skeletal and dental material in general).