Anthropology 2235A/B Lecture Notes - Pubic Symphysis, Pubic Arch, Hip Bone

• School: Western University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: Anthropology 2235A/B
• Professor: Eldon Molto

Document Summary

Lecture 28 sexing human skeletons: 1. Most aging methods require separate standards because of sexual dimorphism in rates of skeletal change: 2. Most sexual dimorphism in the skeleton occurs after puberty - it would be risky to try and determine the sex of an individual skeleton and present the evidence in court: 3. Though any bone in the body may show sexual dimorphism in size and robusticity they are normally population specific: 4. The hip bone has difference relating to procreation that allow sex determination (with experience 95-99% accuracy with hips: 5. Next to the os pubis the skull is the best overall region for determining sex (with experience 90% accuracy) Sex differences in the hip: os pubis. Is the ventral arc which is well defined in the female and appears not as an arc but a linear ridge in the male.