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Sex determination and age estimation in the human skeleton
Authors: Eliopoulos, Constantine
Reviewer: Valakos, Efstratios
Subject: MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES, LIFE SCIENCES, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > >
MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES, LIFE SCIENCES, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > HEALTH SCIENCES
MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES, LIFE SCIENCES, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > > >
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Abstract:
Differences in bone morphology and size allow for the determination of the biological sex of the human skeleton with a high percentage of accuracy in most cases. Morphological differences focus on the pelvis and skull, while size differences use several osteological measurements. The estimation of age at death is divided into methods applied to subadults and those that refer to adults. Skeletal development and degeneration serve as the basis for this division, and age estimation is always specified as a range of ages rather than as absolute values. This chapter includes a review of all the methods presented in the international literature and a critical evaluation of them, especially in their application to skeletal populations from Greece.
Linguistic Editors: Athanasiadou, Kyriaki
Technical Editors: Afouxenidis, Afxentios
Graphic Editors: Afouxenidis, Afxentios
Type: Chapter
Creation Date: 2015
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License: Attribution – NonCommercial – NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
Handle http://hdl.handle.net/11419/4762
Bibliographic Reference: Eliopoulos, C. (2015). Sex determination and age estimation in the human skeleton [Chapter]. In Papageorgopoulou, C., Moraitis, K., Nikita, E., Eliopoulos, C., & Vika, E. 2015. Specific topics in skeletal anthropology, taphonomy and bioarchaeology [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://hdl.handle.net/11419/4762
Language: Greek
Is Part of: Specific topics in skeletal anthropology, taphonomy and bioarchaeology
Publication Origin: Kallipos, Open Academic Editions