An osteometric evaluation of age and sex differences in the long bones of South African children from the Western Cape

An osteometric evaluation of age and sex differences in the long bones of South African children from the Western Cape

The main goal of a forensic anthropological analysis of unidentified human remains is to establish an accurate biological profile. The largest obstacle in the creation or validation of techniques specific for subadults is the lack of large, modern samples. Techniques created for subadults were ma...

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Main Author: Stull, Kyra Elizabeth
Other Authors: L'Abbe, Ericka Noelle
Language:en
Published: University of Pretoria 2014
Subjects:
Subadult
Multivariate adaptive regression splines (MARS)
Basis splines
Flexible discriminant analysis
Logistic regression
Growth
Sex estimation
Age estimation
Diaphysis
Anthropology
UCTD
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2263/40263
Stull, KE 2013, An osteometric evaluation of age and sex differences in the long bones of South African children from the Western Cape, PhD thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/40263>

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http://hdl.handle.net/2263/40263
Stull, KE 2013, An osteometric evaluation of age and sex differences in the long bones of South African children from the Western Cape, PhD thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/40263>

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