A new method for assessing the sex of fragmentary skeletal remains: femoral shaft circumference.

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  • T K Black
چکیده

A simple discriminant function using midshaft femoral circumference for the determination of sex has been tested with 114 skeletons from the Libben Site, Ontario County, Ohio. The results have been shown to be 85% consistent with other, accepted means of determining sex. Femur circumference an be an aid to the sexual identification of poorly preserved and fragmentary skeletal remains.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • American journal of physical anthropology

دوره 48 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1978