Which of the following statements about Mildred Trotter is correct?

• A. She was an anatomist and forensic anthropologist during the Consolidation Period, a founding member of AAPA, and developed a method for stature estimation from long bone lengths.
• B. She authored Essentials of Forensic Anthropology (1979).
• C. She wrote many articles on forensic skeletal identification during the 19th century.
• D. She discovered DNA structure.

Answer: (A)

Mildred Trotter’s impact rests on how she helped professionalize forensic anthropology in the mid-20th century and on a practical method she co-developed for estimating stature from skeletal remains. During the Consolidation Period, she contributed as an anatomist and forensic anthropologist and helped establish the field’s scholarly and professional footing, including involvement with the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. Her lasting contribution is a method for estimating stature from long bone lengths, a foundational tool used to infer a person’s living height when only bones remain, widely taught and applied in forensic cases.

The other statements mix up her accomplishments or time period: she did not author that particular textbook; she did not work on forensic skeletal identification in the 19th century, since she lived in the 20th century; and discovering DNA structure is attributed to Watson, Crick, and Franklin, not her.