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What is the difference between a forensic anthropologist and a forensic pathologist?

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Forensic pathologist would be doing most of the autopsies of recently dead people along with a coroner - to find cause of death etc. whereas the forensic anthropologist may look at bodies and artifacts that have been dead/buried for a long time.

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