Reliability of Sex Estimation by Lateral Angle Method and Metric Analysis of Region of the Foramen Magnum

Figure 1. In the field of forensic anthropology findings of fragmentary and commingled skeletal remains are not uncommon. (Photo reproduced from !!) complete skeletal remains are available, biological profile is possible to be estimated and not determined. In the field of forensic investigation, fragmentary skeletal human remains demand special approach to be handled. Incompleteness of material induced subsequent osteological studies dealing with sexual dimorphism of different parts of bones, especially those, which usually survive also bad condition of burial or taphonomical process in relatively good state. It is necessary to test already published methods because a set of variables, which are discriminant in one population, may not be as discriminating when applied to a different population due to the interpopulation variation in sexual dimorphism.