Research the careers and job descriptions of scientists such as pathologists and anthropologists and compare them to the roles and responsibilities of their forensic counterparts. What are some of the similarities and dierences?

Pathologists and anthropologists both can contribute to the identification of culprit and victim.

Explanation:

Anthropologists are the scientists which deals with personal identification of person by their body stature, physical forms, identification marks on the body, they study the dead bodies, skeletons and their parts to identify the person. Their activities can contribute to the identification of the missing person, culprit or victim. Hence, they can help in solving crime.

Pathologists are the scientists which determine, cause of death, time after  death, they conduct  autopsy to understand the cause of death.

Similarities between pathologists and anthropologists:

1. They both study the external morphological features of the body of the dead.

2. They help in identification of a person via clothes and other belongings, injuries, stature, facial reconstruction, denture examination.  

Differences between pathologists and anthropologists:

1. The pathologists can conduct post mortem but anthropologist cannot.

2. The anthropologist determine the age, gender, and ethnic group of a dead body but pathologist only study the tissues.

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