Anthropological Age Estimation with Bone Histomorphometry from the Human Clavicle

Lee, U-Young; Jung, Gwang-Pil; Choi, Seung-Gyu; Kim, Yi-Suk

doi:10.1080/09720073.2014.11891509

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“…tibia (Hauser et al, 1980;Thompson y Galvin, 1983); húmero (Iwamoto et al, 1978;Yoshino et al, 1994;Nor et al, 2006), costilla (Cho et al 2002;Kim et al, 2007;Pavón et al, 2010;Cannet et al, 2011), clavícula (Stout y Paine, 1992;Stout et al, 1996;Lee et al, 2014;Gomes et al, 2014), el tipo de tejido óseo utilizado (cortical o trabecular) y las estructuras microscópicas observadas (Stout, 1998) suministrando diferentes ecuaciones predictivas, específicas para cada población.…”

Section: Métodos Histológicos En Huesos Largos Un Repaso Históricounclassified

Estimación Microscópica De Edad a Partir De La Zona Cortical Del Fémur en Individuos Adultos: Revisión Metodológica

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Inda²

2016

rev arg antrop biol

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RESUMEN El principal aporte de la histología cuantitativa a la antropología ha sido la estimación de edad a la muerte en restos óseos humanos no documentados. Los procesos secuenciales de remodelación ósea permiten observar la asociación entre el número de osteonas y la edad cronológica, lo cual constituye la base primaria de los métodos histológicos de predicción de edad. El primer estudio sobre cambios en la microestructura ósea y su aplicación para el cálculo de la edad en esqueletos adultos fue desarrollado en PalabRaS clavE antropología forense; análisis histomorfométrico 1965. Posteriormente, el mismo fue testeado en muestras independientes y modificado por varios investigadores que trataron de subsanar y ajustar algunos inconvenientes, sobre todo aquellos vinculados con la precisión y exactitud. El siguiente artículo de revisión tiene como objetivo discutir los principales métodos histológicos de estimación de edad aplicados a restos óseos humanos y sintetizar el estado actual del conocimiento al respecto. Rev Arg Antrop Biol 18(2), 2016. doi:10.17139/raab.2016.0018.02.04 KEywoRdS forensic anthropology, histomorphometric analysisabSTRacT The main contribution of quantitative histology to anthropology has been the estimation of age at death in undocumented human skeletal remains. Sequential bone remodeling processes allow us to observe the association between the number of osteons and chronological age, which constitutes the primary basis for histological age predicting methods. The first study on changes in bone microstructure and its application to age calculation in adult skeletons was developed in 1965. Subsequently, it was tested in independent samples and modified by several researchers with the intention of rectifying and adjusting some drawbacks, especially those related to precision and accuracy. The following review article aims to discuss major histological age estimation methods applied to human remains and summarize the current state of knowledge in this area.

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Section: Métodos Histológicos En Huesos Largos Un Repaso Históricounclassified

Estimación Microscópica De Edad a Partir De La Zona Cortical Del Fémur en Individuos Adultos: Revisión Metodológica

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2016

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“…It is important to use the measurement of osteons for estimate age at death in elderly individuals who present high osteon densities. Numerous measurements of osteons have been studied in recent years (Britz et al 2009;Crescimanno & Stout 2012;Dominguez & Crowder 2012;Han et al 2009;Keough et al 2009;Lee et al 2014), and have been reported to differ with age. An age relate to decreasing of osteon size in human has been repeatedly observed in several researchers (Pfeiffer 1998;Singh & Gunberg 1970;Thompson 1980) and nonhuman primates, macaques, has been found the decrease in osteon size like a human (Burr 1992;Havill 2004).…”

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“…Several histological methods for age estimation have been developed in archeological and forensic skeletal remains (Crescimanno & Stout 2012;Keough et al 2009;Kerley 1965;Lee et al 2014) because these methods increase the number of intact and fragmentary osteons in the identified fields or per measured area with age. It is important to use the measurement of osteons for estimate age at death in elderly individuals who present high osteon densities.…”

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“…In 2014, Lee and co-workers (Lee et al 2014) studied age estimation by histomorphometry of clavicle in Korean. The study used right clavicle from 46 dissected cadavers and cut from the sternal end of the right clavicle (length 3 cm) and made two sequential slides (100-ìm thickness).…”

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“…Documentation of age at death from unknown skeletons is very important because this data determines information about reason of death regardless of passed time after death (Kerley 1965). The investigation of estimation of chronologic age in cadaver, living human and skeletal remains has several methods (Ohtani & Yamamoto 2005;Ritz-Timme et al 2000;Waite et al 1999;Williams 2001) such as visual morphological method (Buckberry & Chamberlain 2002;Hanihara & Suzuki 1978;Listi & Manhein 2012;Stewart 1958;Watanabe & Terazawa 2006), histomorphometry method (Calixto et al 2015;Lee et al 2014;Stout & Paine 1992), CT-scan (El Morsi et al 2015;Kellinghaus et al 2010;Mühler et al 2006;Tangmose et al 2013), radiography (Bhise et al 2012;Mateen et al 2013;Pardeep et al 2010), MRI (Tangmose et al 2013;Tangmose et al 2014;Vieth et al 2014) and racemization of aspartic acid (Hare & Abelson 1968;Helfman & Bada …”

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Age Estimation from Clavicle by Histomorphometry Method: A Review

Mahakkanukrauh¹,

Inthasan²

2017

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ABSTRAK ABSTRACTHistomorphometry method, the quantitative study of histology, is a useful method to estimate age of death in the present and ancient skeletal remains by measurable morphology of osteon. This method, which reduces individual bias and difference in the level of experience for estimation of age, is useful for constructing paleodemographic models and forensic identifications when adult fragmentary skeletal remains are encountered. Most parts of skeletons that are studied by histomorphometry method are femur, tibia, rib, and clavicle. Clavicle bone has 5

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Cortical bone histomorphology of known‐age skeletons from the Kirsten collection, Stellenbosch university, South Africa

Pfeiffer

Heinrich

Beresheim

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American J Phys Anthropol

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ObjectivesNormal human bone tissue changes predictably as adults get older, but substantial variability in pattern and pace remains unexplained. Information is needed regarding the characteristics of histological variables across diverse human populations.MethodsUndecalcified thin sections from mid‐thoracic ribs of 213 skeletons (138 M, 75 F, 17–82 years, mean age 48 years), are used to explore the efficacy of an established age‐at‐death estimation method and methodological approach (Cho et al.: J Forensic Sci 47 (2002) 12‐18) and expand on it. The ribs are an age‐balanced sample taken from skeletonized cadavers collected from 1967 to 1999 in South Africa, each with recorded sex, age, cause of death and government‐defined population group (129 “Colored,” 49 “Black,” 35 “White”).ResultsThe Ethnicity Unknown equation performs better than those developed for European‐Americans and African‐Americans, in terms of accuracy and bias. A new equation based solely on the study sample does not improve accuracy. Osteon population densities (OPD) show predicted values, yet secondary osteon areas (On.Ar) are smaller than expected for non‐Black subgroups. Relative cortical area (Ct.Ar/Tt.Ar) is low among non‐Whites.ConclusionsResults from this highly diverse sample show that population‐specific equations do not increase estimate precision. While within the published range of error for the method (±24.44 years), results demonstrate a systematic under‐aging of young adults and over‐aging of older adults. The regression approach is inappropriate. The field needs fresh approaches to statistical treatment and to factors behind cortical bone remodeling. Am J Phys Anthropol 160:137–147, 2016. © 2016 The Authors American Journal of Physical Anthropology Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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Anthropological Age Estimation with Bone Histomorphometry from the Human Clavicle

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Estimación Microscópica De Edad a Partir De La Zona Cortical Del Fémur en Individuos Adultos: Revisión Metodológica

Estimación Microscópica De Edad a Partir De La Zona Cortical Del Fémur en Individuos Adultos: Revisión Metodológica

Age Estimation from Clavicle by Histomorphometry Method: A Review

Cortical bone histomorphology of known‐age skeletons from the Kirsten collection, Stellenbosch university, South Africa

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