An overview of age estimation in forensic anthropology: perspectives and practical considerations

N Márquez-Grant - Annals of human biology, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Context: Information on methods of age estimation in physical anthropology, in particular
with regard to age-at-death from human skeletal remains, is widely available in the literature …

Evaluating osteological ageing from digital data

C Villa, J Buckberry, N Lynnerup - Journal of anatomy, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

The effect of age, sex, and physical activity on entheseal morphology in a contemporary Italian skeletal collection

M Milella, M Giovanna Belcastro… - American journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Entheseal changes are traditionally included in a large array of skeletal features commonly
referred to as “skeletal markers of activity.” However, medical studies and recent …

[BOOK][B] The people of Sunghir: burials, bodies, and behavior in the earlier Upper Paleolithic

E Trinkaus, AP Buzhilova, MB Mednikova… - 2014 - books.google.com
In this latest volume in the Human Evolution Series, Erik Trinkaus and his co-authors
synthesize the research and findings concerning the human remains found at the Sunghir …

Adult skeletal age-at-death estimation through deep random neural networks: a new method and its computational analysis

D Navega, E Costa, E Cunha - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Age-at-death is of paramount importance in forensic analysis of skeletal
remains. In addition to sex, stature, and population affinity, it constitutes baseline information …

Towards a social bioarchaeology of age

J Sofaer - Social bioarchaeology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Age is a critical axis for the study of human remains. Methods for age estimation, alongside
those for the assessment of sex, are among the first suites of techniques learnt by …

Age estimation from the human os coxa: a test on a documented Italian collection

SM Hens, E Rastelli, G Belcastro - Journal of Forensic …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Current standards for age at death estimation from the pelvis are based on Americans of
European and African ancestry. Our limited understanding of population variability hampers …

The relationship of age, activity, and body size on osteoarthritis in weight-bearing skeletal regions

SE Calce, HK Kurki, DA Weston, L Gould - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
This study examined the simultaneous impact of multiple underlying factors on OA
expression in weight-bearing joints of the vertebrae and lower limb of a modern European …

The history and composition of the identified human skeletal collection of the Certosa cemetery (Bologna, Italy, 19th–20th century)

MG Belcastro, B Bonfiglioli, ME Pedrosi… - International Journal …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The purpose of this paper is to present the identified skeletal collection (by age, sex, cause
of death, occupation and preservation state) from the Certosa Cemetery of Bologna (Italy) …

Principal component analysis in the evaluation of osteoarthritis

SE Calce, HK Kurki, DA Weston… - American Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives The purpose of this study is to demonstrate advantages of principal component
analysis (PCA) as a standardized procedure in the evaluation of osteoarthritis (OA) in a …