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A lot of research in bioanthropology overlaps with archeology since both studying human skeletal remains. Researchers are studying bones for evidence of diseases such as vitamin D deficiency, dental caries, and osteoporosis. Others are studying bones for evidence of infectious disease, including the evolution of pathogens, the circumstances that lead to epidemics, and how epidemics can shape human society. Such research is often undertaken in collaboration with those in dentistry, epidemiology, genetics, and infectious disease. See these articles for more information. Other studies are examining how bones can be used in a forensic and legal context with issues such as the legal rights of burial mounds and heritage sites.
Forensic bioanthropology is being used nowadays to solve crimes. Researchers are working with those in molecular biology, genetics, and anatomy to better use biological materials. This includes studies into preserving DNA, improving fingerprint analyses, decomposition rates of bodies, and differing between natural and unnatural death.
Non-human research often involves the study of primates and their social structure, sex differences, reproduction, behavioral ecology, and the conservation of various primate species. Others are studying ape social organization, evolutionary biology, and socio-ecology. Researchers are using the clues derived from these studies to determine how human culture has been shaped through evolution and how it differs amongst various human cultures today.
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