Fictional anthropologists appear in novels, short stories, comics, movies, and radio and television series. The following list excludes characters designated as exclusively archaeologists.
Dr. Kathleen Joan Reichs (PhD) is an American crime writer, forensic anthropologist and academic. She is a professor emerita of anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She is well known for inspiring the television series Bones.
Bones is an American police procedural drama television series created by Hart Hanson for Fox. It premiered on September 13, 2005, and concluded on March 28, 2017, airing for 246 episodes over 12 seasons. The show is based on forensic anthropology and forensic archaeology, with each episode focusing on a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) case file concerning the mystery behind human remains brought by FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth to Temperance "Bones" Brennan, a forensic anthropologist. It also explores the personal lives of the characters. The rest of the main cast includes Michaela Conlin, T. J. Thyne, Eric Millegan, Jonathan Adams, Tamara Taylor, John Francis Daley, and John Boyd.
Temperance Daessee Brennan is a fictional character created by author Kathy Reichs, and is the hero of her crime novel series. She was introduced in Reichs' first novel, Déjà Dead, which was published in 1997. All the novels are written in the first person, from Brennan's viewpoint. Like her creator, Brennan is a forensic anthropologist. In a number of novels it is indicated that Brennan's background lies in physical anthropology, rather than medicine, and throughout the novels she stresses the importance of correct crime scene process.
Monday Mourning is the seventh novel by Kathy Reichs starring forensic anthropologist, Temperance Brennan.
Déjà Dead is the first novel by Kathy Reichs starring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan.
Deadly Décisions is the third novel by Kathy Reichs starring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan.
Break No Bones is the ninth novel by Kathy Reichs starring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan.
Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan, Ph.D. is a fictional character portrayed by Emily Deschanel in the American Fox television series Bones. An anthropologist, forensic anthropologist, and kinesiologist, she is described in the series as a leading authority in the field of forensic anthropology. Brennan first appeared on television, along with other series characters, in the "Pilot" episode of Bones on September 13, 2005. She is the titular female protagonist of the series.
Bare Bones is the sixth novel by Kathy Reichs starring forensic anthropologist, Temperance Brennan.
Cross Bones is the eighth novel by Kathy Reichs starring forensic anthropologist, Temperance Brennan.
206 Bones is the twelfth novel by Kathy Reichs starring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan.
The first season of the American television series Bones premiered on September 13, 2005, and concluded on May 17, 2006, on Fox. The season aired on Tuesdays at 8:00 pm ET before moving to Wednesdays at 8:00 pm ET in 2006. The season consisted of 22 episodes and averaged 8.9 million viewers.
Bones to Ashes is the tenth novel by Kathy Reichs starring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan.
Spider Bones is the thirteenth novel by Kathy Reichs starring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan.
Flash and Bones is the fourteenth novel by Kathy Reichs starring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan.
Seizure is the second novel in the Virals series of novels for young adults written by the American forensic anthropologist and crime writer, Kathy Reichs and her son Brendan Reichs, featuring Tory Brennan, great-niece of Temperance Brennan.
Code is the third novel in the Virals series of novels for young adults written by the American forensic anthropologist and crime writer, Kathy Reichs and her son Brendan Reichs, featuring fictional character Tory Brennan, great-niece of Temperance Brennan.
Bones are Forever is the fifteenth novel by Kathy Reichs starring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan. The book was the 48th most borrowed from libraries in the United Kingdom in 2012–2013.