The Skeletal Remains of Soldiers from the Two World Wars: Between Identification, Health Research and Memorial Issues
After causing mass disasters that claimed the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers from countries around the world, the two Great Wars left some of them lost and missing. In France, these corpses reside in a legal vagueness where they belong neither to forensic anthropology nor archeology. Neverth...
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| description | After causing mass disasters that claimed the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers from countries around the world, the two Great Wars left some of them lost and missing. In France, these corpses reside in a legal vagueness where they belong neither to forensic anthropology nor archeology. Nevertheless, the process of identification and determining the cause of death requires the use of modern forensic anthropology by applying biological profiling and DNA analysis. New genomic methods also provide insight into the health statuses of these military populations, providing new perspectives on these periods of humanitarian crisis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1a5c3d37c4a14d5398676599017dd4e52023-11-24T00:16:13ZengMDPI AGGenes2073-44252022-10-011310185210.3390/genes13101852The Skeletal Remains of Soldiers from the Two World Wars: Between Identification, Health Research and Memorial IssuesMarine Meucci0Emeline Verna1Caroline Costedoat2Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Établissement Français du Sang, ADES Laboratory Unité Mixte de Recherche 7268, Aix Marseille University, 13344 Marseille, FranceCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Établissement Français du Sang, ADES Laboratory Unité Mixte de Recherche 7268, Aix Marseille University, 13344 Marseille, FranceCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Établissement Français du Sang, ADES Laboratory Unité Mixte de Recherche 7268, Aix Marseille University, 13344 Marseille, FranceAfter causing mass disasters that claimed the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers from countries around the world, the two Great Wars left some of them lost and missing. In France, these corpses reside in a legal vagueness where they belong neither to forensic anthropology nor archeology. Nevertheless, the process of identification and determining the cause of death requires the use of modern forensic anthropology by applying biological profiling and DNA analysis. New genomic methods also provide insight into the health statuses of these military populations, providing new perspectives on these periods of humanitarian crisis.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/13/10/1852biological anthropologybiological profileDNA analysisgenetic and social identificationhealth crisismissing person |
| spellingShingle | Marine Meucci Emeline Verna Caroline Costedoat The Skeletal Remains of Soldiers from the Two World Wars: Between Identification, Health Research and Memorial Issues Genes biological anthropology biological profile DNA analysis genetic and social identification health crisis missing person |
| title | The Skeletal Remains of Soldiers from the Two World Wars: Between Identification, Health Research and Memorial Issues |
| title_full | The Skeletal Remains of Soldiers from the Two World Wars: Between Identification, Health Research and Memorial Issues |
| title_fullStr | The Skeletal Remains of Soldiers from the Two World Wars: Between Identification, Health Research and Memorial Issues |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Skeletal Remains of Soldiers from the Two World Wars: Between Identification, Health Research and Memorial Issues |
| title_short | The Skeletal Remains of Soldiers from the Two World Wars: Between Identification, Health Research and Memorial Issues |
| title_sort | skeletal remains of soldiers from the two world wars between identification health research and memorial issues |
| topic | biological anthropology biological profile DNA analysis genetic and social identification health crisis missing person |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/13/10/1852 |
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