Sex Estimation of the Human Skeleton is a comprehensive work on the theory, methods, and
current issues for sexing human skeletal remains. This work provides practitioners a starting …

Background In the absence of soft tissue, skeletal remains are analyzed to identify the
deceased. This assessment involves establishing the biological profile that aids medicolegal …

Statistical programs have revolutionized the way in which forensic anthropologists conduct
casework by allowing practitioners to use computationally complex analytics at the click of a …

Human remains from forensic and bioarcheological contexts are often fragmentary, requiring
methods for estimating a forensic profile that are based upon limited skeletal features. In …

Dental morphology is becoming increasingly visible in forensic anthropology as part of the
estimation of ancestry. As methods are developed based on these data, it is important to …

Over the last 40 years, the number of computational tools in forensic anthropology has
increased considerably. No longer are forensic anthropologists limited to the narrow suite of …

Objectives Walker's sex estimation method is based on five morphoscopic features of the
human skull. This study aimed at testing the repeatability of one of the five traits, the mental …

Background The increased use of virtual bone images in forensic anthropology requires a
comprehensive study on the observational errors between dry bones and CT …

The (hu) MANid program is a free, web-based software using mandibular metric and
morphoscopic variables to estimate sex and ancestry. The database consists of 1,745 …

Skeletal remains often have missing mandibles owing to the environment in which the
corpse was placed or damage caused by an animal. Loss of the mandible reduces the …