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fa-2926	Kolpan, Katharine	Introduction: Celebrating Fifty Years of Awareness, Change, and Progress in Forensic Anthropology	2025	8	.pdf	application/pdf	6791	330	46	Though some- times criticized as atheoretical (see Adovasio 2012), Boyd and Boyd (2018) have proposed that forensic anthropology is grounded in three forms of interacting theory: foundational theory— in this case, Darwin’s theory of evolution by means of natural selection— which grounds the discipline; inter- pretative theory, which validates explanations generated via research to interpret specific events and forensic anthropo- logical analyses; and methodological theory, which under- girds our reasoning for why forensic anthropologists utilize certain protocols and analyses in both the field and the laboratory. More- over, as forensic anthropology experienced a recent para- digm shift that broadened the field’s conceptual framework and created greater appreciation for forensic archaeology, forensic taphonomy, and trauma analysis, it also expanded work possibilities for forensic anthropologists working in medical examiner’s and coroner’s offices (Dirkmaat et al. 2008; Rainwater et al. 2012).	cache/fa-2926.pdf	txt/fa-2926.txt