FORS 3331 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Symphysis, Long Bone, Muggsy Bogues
6 May 2017
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Baker | fors 3331 | spring 2017 | lecture 24 | page 1. I(cid:374) this le(cid:272)ture we"ll lear(cid:374) how to esti(cid:373)ate the stature a(cid:374)d age-at-death of individuals. This is just a gloss over of the basics: could easily take 4-5 lectures to cover this material. If you"d like to lear(cid:374) (cid:373)ore we"re offeri(cid:374)g ant/fors (cid:1008)(cid:1007)(cid:1009)(cid:1009) (cid:894)fore(cid:374)si(cid:272) a(cid:374)thropology(cid:895) i(cid:374) the fall semester. Humans vary in height/stature as a function of several factors: age, genetics, stature is also sexually dimorphic trait, diet, dna, ancestry. Females are an energetically optimal size: males are too big for their own good but it pays off because they are more successfully sexual. Lower limbs give much better height estimates than upper limbs. Possible to assess stature using almost any bone: the quality (accuracy) varies greatly though. On the tibia, exclude the medial malleolus. For the femur, line up the shaft with the board: condyles shouldn"t both be touching.
