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Feb 01, 2013
Dr. Steven Symes gingerly pinched the lumbar bones of the 33-inch-long model human skeleton with one hand and pointed to its rib cage with the other.
Standing in front of jurors at John Oldson's first-degree murder trial Friday, he showed where Cathy Beard had sustained crushing injuries to her ribs.
Jan 29, 2013
Zimbabwe is rife with tragedy; the human wreckage of three eras of political violence is widespread and the spirits are angry. No more so than Shari Eppel, whose anger has driven the human rights work of this 50-something psychologist for two decades.
Jan 08, 2013
Edward Jolie, director of the R. L. Andrews Center for Perishables Analysis at Mercyhurst University, has been elected a Fellow of the Society for Applied Anthropology in recognition of his professional achievement, leadership in the field and contributions to the organization.
Jan 03, 2013
The work of Mercyhurst archaeologist James Adovasio in the field of fabric artifacts is featured in the winter 2012-2013 issue of American Archaeology.
Nov 08, 2012
Vince Lombardi may have said there’s no room for second place, but for Mercyhurst University’s Steven Symes, Ph.D., coming in second to the world’s most celebrated forensic anthropologist, Clyde Snow, is a number he can live with.
