ANTHROP 3FA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Long Bone, Pubic Symphysis, Greater Sciatic Notch
26 Apr 2019
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Biological profile: description of a persons physical characteristics, helps to narrow down the pool of possible people. Sex vs gender: sex=biological identity, gender=social expression of identity, not same thing. Sex dimorphism: human sexual dimorphism is related to, size and robusticity, reproduction, sex differences vary within and among/between populations and are, hormonally controlled, evident in adults, not children. More robust and rugose muscle attachments. Osteological sex estimation: two main ways to estimate sex from the skeleton, metrics. Visual observation: visual observation of the pelvis, metrics of the long bones (post cranial, skull methods (mostly visual, some metrics) Sex estimation: important, consider as many features as possible. Multifactorial method: do not base sex assessment on only one observation/measurement. Sex estimation: pelvis: best for sex estimation, attributes associated with childbirth. Sex estimation: pelvis shape: male: high and narrow, female: low and broad. Sex estimation: greater sciatic notch: female: wide.
