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Sex determination using humeral dimensions in a sample from KwaZulu-Natal: an osteometric study

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: <0.01) with the most effective single parameter for predicting sex being the vertical head diameter having an accuracy of 82.5%. Stepwise discriminant analysis increased the overall accuracy rate to 87.7% when all measurements were jointly applied. We conclude that the humerus is an important bone which can be reliably used for sex determination based on standard metric methods despite minor tribal or ancestral differences amongst an otherwise homogenous population.

Source: Anatomy & Cell Biology

DOI: 10.5115/acb.2017.50.3.180

Authors: Oluwatosin Olalekan Ogedengbe, Sunday Adelaja Ajayi, Omobola Aderibigbe Komolafe, Aung Khaing Zaw, Edwin Coleridge Stephen Naidu, Onyemaechi Okpara Azu

Institutions: Afe Babalola University, University of KwaZulu-Natal, University of Namibia

Language: English

Topic: Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies

Subfield: Archeology

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2760908658

FWCI: 6.364

Cites: 36

Cited by: 19

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