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Sex determination and age estimation in the human skeleton |
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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.
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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 |