Ancestry assessment represents a major component of forensic anthropological analysis of
recovered human remains. Interpretations of ancestry, together with other aspects of the …

Imaging technologies play an integral role in forensic anthropology cases. Advances in
digital photography allow the anthropologist to photo-document the scene and skeletal …

Standard cranial measurements are commonly used for ancestry estimation; however, 3D
digitizers have made cranial landmark data collection and geometric morphometric (GM) …

Forensic Anthropology DOI: 10.5744/fa. 2020.0046 associated definitions within biological
(formerly physical) anthropology have been well documented (for thorough considerations …

Sex estimation from the human skull is often a necessary step when constructing a
biological profile from unidentified human remains. Traditional methods for determining the …

Landmarks are the hallmark of biological shape analysis as discrete anatomical points of
correspondence. Various systems have been developed for their classification. In the most …

The human zygomatic structure, consisting of the zygomatic bone and the zygomatic
process of the temporal bone, is an essential part of the masticatory apparatus and has been …

Age at death estimation of human skeletal remains is one of the key issues in constructing a
biological profile both in forensic and archaeological contexts. The traditional adult …

Structured Abstract Objective The aim of this study was to present a method of classifying the
maturational level of the zygomaticomaxillary sutures (ZMS s). Methods Cone‐beam CT …

Forensic anthropological techniques that utilize nonmetric cranial traits to estimate sex and
ancestry have historically been criticized for their subjectivity and qualitative nature …