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'''Karen Ramey Burns''' was a forensic anthropologist presently living in Colombia where she worked with a organization dedicated to helping families of persons disappeared due to the internal conflict. Kar usually taught at the University of Georgia, but was also a Fulbright Scholar at the University of the Andes in Bogota. She also taught human osteology and forensic anthropology at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City.  In addition, Kar was a participant in the recovery and identification of human remains in criminal and human rights investigations. She authored the ''Forensic Anthropology Training Manual'' (1999, 2007), and she co-authored [[shoes|''Amelia Earhart’s Shoes, Is the Mystery Solved?'']] (2001). In the [[Niku]] project, Kar’s main interest was in the scientific aspects of human decomposition and recovery in the Pacific atoll environment.
'''Karen Ramey Burns''' was a forensic anthropologist. Kar usually taught at the University of Georgia, but was also a Fulbright Scholar at the University of the Andes in Bogota. She also taught human osteology and forensic anthropology at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City.  In addition, Kar was a participant in the recovery and identification of human remains in criminal and human rights investigations. She authored the ''Forensic Anthropology Training Manual'' (1999, 2007), and she co-authored [[shoes|''Amelia Earhart’s Shoes, Is the Mystery Solved?'']] (2001). In the [[Niku]] project, Kar’s main interest was in the scientific aspects of human decomposition and recovery in the Pacific atoll environment.


Dr. Burns died on 7 January 2012.
Dr. Burns died on 7 January 2012.

Revision as of 01:52, 16 May 2012

Karen Ramey Burns was a forensic anthropologist. Kar usually taught at the University of Georgia, but was also a Fulbright Scholar at the University of the Andes in Bogota. She also taught human osteology and forensic anthropology at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. In addition, Kar was a participant in the recovery and identification of human remains in criminal and human rights investigations. She authored the Forensic Anthropology Training Manual (1999, 2007), and she co-authored Amelia Earhart’s Shoes, Is the Mystery Solved? (2001). In the Niku project, Kar’s main interest was in the scientific aspects of human decomposition and recovery in the Pacific atoll environment.

Dr. Burns died on 7 January 2012.

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