Abstract:Handedness is challenging to estimate on skeletonized human remains when muscular markers of it are not available. This preliminary study anthropometrically explores if human teeth could be used to aid in identification of handedness. The dental data for this research is collected from a total of fifty (N=50) living adult volunteers with good dental health of which thirty‐nine (N=39) were right handed and eleven (N=11) left‐handed. Non‐invasive anthropometric data collected via digital dental caliper consists … Show more
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