ANTHROP 3FA3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8-9: Pubic Arch, Pubic Symphysis, Forensic Anthropology

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8. 1 principles of sex estimation (cid:1) estimating sex from skeletal remains involves-identification and (cid:1) evaluation of characteristics that show differences in male and female skeletons. Anthro. - morphological differences between males and females most useful for sex estimation humans relatively little sexual dimorphism many bird species-different in color and ornamentation humans- modest differences in size and body proportions. Their expression- fluid-gender cant be estimated from skeletal remains various methods that generally fall into 1 of 2 categories, developed (cid:1) for estimating sex from skeletal remains-non-metric analysis and metric analysis. Each uses certain bones or overall pattern depending onf degree and quality of sexual dimorphism in bone or anatomical region metric methods- more objective but when looking at sex estimation, (cid:1) visual assessment considered most accurate. Methods involving dimensions of various long bones of postcranial skeleton are typically next most accurate, followed by methods involving the skull various issues associated with sex estimation such as estimation of sex.

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