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Author Harrison, Donna (Bioarchaeologist)

Title Investigations in sex estimation : an analysis of methods used for assessment / Donna Harrison
Published Oxford : Academic Press, 2019
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Contents 1. Introduction<br>2. Background in Adult Sexual Dimorphism<br>3. Background in Juvenile Sexual Dimorphism<br>4. Skeletal Collections<br>5. Methods<br>6. Pilot Studies<br>7. Main Study -- Luis Lopes Skeletal Collection<br>8. Main Study -- Terry Collection<br>9. Main Study -- Hamann-Todd Osteological Collection<br>10. Discussion<br>11. Conclusion
Summary This single comprehensive resource for sex estimation in skeletal material includes discussion on the evolution of sexual dimorphism in modern humans, how sexual dimorphism manifests itself in those bones, the growth development in juveniles and how sexual dimorphism can be measured in their bones. Data is presented which contradicts previously held postulates and some different uses of sex estimation methods are suggested, such as using the grading system to assess evolutionary change in skeletons or grouping juveniles into smaller groups by age to better estimate sex. New insights are offered for future research from the presentation of case studies on gender and a comparison of the sex differences between two African-American collections which suggests a correlation between occupation and evolutionary change. To achieve the objective, data on 294 adults from four diverse collections of known sex are obtained using a total of 67 morphological and metric methods. An additional 23 morphological and metric methods used on juveniles, aged 0 to 18, from two of the collections. The methods are specific to either the cranium, mandible, pelvis, humerus or femur. The compilation of assessment of sex provides definitive answers on which type of method, morphological or metric, is more accurate, which morphological and metric methods are the most accurate, and which bones are more reliable to estimate sex especially in the absence of a pelvis. Investigations in Sex Estimation is intended to be used in the field and the laboratory for the identification of sex in human remains and aims to provide a wealth of data for future research in sexual dimorphic studies
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 12, 2018)
Subject Physical anthropology.
Forensic anthropology.
Forensic osteology.
Anthropometry.
Ilium -- Sex differences
Maxilla -- Sex differences
Human remains (Archaeology)
Diagnostic sex determination.
Sex (Biology)
Sex determination.
Anthropology, Physical
Forensic Anthropology
Anthropometry
Sex
physical anthropology.
anthropometry.
sex determination.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Physical.
Anthropometry.
Diagnostic sex determination.
Forensic anthropology.
Forensic osteology.
Human remains (Archaeology)
Physical anthropology.
Sex (Biology)
Sex determination.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780128162170
0128162171