Anthropology 2238A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Mastoid Part Of The Temporal Bone, Pubic Arch, Ossification
25 Aug 2020
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Osteobiography: figure out whatever we can about an individual based solely on their bones. Gender refers to the psychological/societal aspects of being male vs female. Levels of sex hormones do not differ significantly until puberty (why we cant. Age of onset and completion varies within (nutrition and health) between: there are no sufficiently accurate morphological or metric methods to. Cause different secondary sexual characteristics estimate he sex of nonadults in forensic contexts estimate sex of sub adult / child) etc. populations (ancestry: by 18+ years in all populations. Estimation of sex: morphology shape and form, metrics measurements, dna typing; First thing done because it affects subsequent steps of identification. Methods: past detect amelogenin gene (affect formation of teeth - differ in m, present - threshold of distinct nucleotide segments from y chromosome. Vs f: ideal to use all methods available in tandem to get most accurate estimate, but when working with archaeological bones it is hard to do this.
