ANTH 3420 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Coccyx, Frontal Suture, Lesser Trochanter
17 Nov 2016
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It is called age estimation, not determination, because it is in fact an estimation. Issues in age estimation adults vs. sub-adults (actually somewhat easier in sub-adults) The estimation is always given in a range this is narrower in sub-adults than it is in adults. We have to rely on living children in order to develop methods of age estimation in sub- adults usually done from x-rays, dental records, etc. Sub-adult: individuals under the age of 18. Methods used to estimate age union of primary ossification centres epiphyseal union diaphyseal length dental eruption dental formation. For the bell-ringer, you may end up with part of a child cranial bone, so you should be able to identify it. The frontal bone starts out as two halves and usually fuses by the age of two (this is known as the metopic suture) sometimes it never disappears. Spheno occipital synchondriosis is open in children, and is usually fused by the age of.
