Sample-specific (universal) metric approaches for determining the sex of immature human skeletal remains using permanent tooth dimensions

Cardoso, Hugo F.V.

doi:10.1016/j.jas.2007.02.013

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“…The results of Cardoso (2008) study are encouraging and suggest that it may be relatively easy to sex commingled skeletons. First, his method avoids the use of metric references that are not specific to the context that is being examined.…”

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confidence: 80%

“…His results indicate that the bucco-lingual diameter (BLD) of the permanent canine provides the best sex allocation (100% for the upper canine and 86% for the lower canine). Others also found a very significant sexual dimorphism in the BLD of canines in samples of individuals of known-sex (Yamada and Sakai 1992;Işcan and Kedici, 2003;Cardoso 2008;Rai et al 2008;Ruengdit et al 2011;Zorba et al 2011) and on an archaeological sample of individuals whose sex could be ascertained from their pelves and long bones (Ditch and Rose, 1972). In contrast, Vodanovic et al (2007) failed to do this in a sample of medieval Croatians of unknown sex.…”

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confidence: 97%

“…Other methods, such as the ones based on cranial morphology or measurements of post-cranial bones, are not as reliable either because sexual dimorphism is less pronounced or because those variables tend to be more population-specific. The application of a population-specific method across populations usually decreases its accuracy due to inter-population differences in shape, size and sexual dimorphism (Işcan et al, 1998;Albanese et al, 2005;Cardoso, 2008). Consequently, no adequate referential samples are available for comparison with archaeological remains.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This approach was developed using the humeral joint measurements, and provided significant correct sex allocation of all individuals (88-100%). Cardoso (2008) further explored this approach by testing it on human teeth and concluded that odontometrics are also useful for the development of sample-specific univariate methods. His results indicate that the bucco-lingual diameter (BLD) of the permanent canine provides the best sex allocation (100% for the upper canine and 86% for the lower canine).…”

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Sample-specific sex estimation in archaeological contexts with commingled human remains: a case study from the Middle Neolithic cave of Bom Santo in Portugal

Gonçalves

Granja

Cardoso

et al. 2014

Journal of Archaeological Science

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Estimating sex on large assemblages of commingled skeletal human remains is challenging because it prevents the systemic observation of the skeleton and thus reduces the reliability of sex-ratio estimation. In order to tackle this problem, the applicability of sample-specific odontometric methods was assessed on the human skeletal remains from the Middle Neolithic cave necropolis of Bom Santo in Portugal. We present an approach that confirms some of the assumptions -the normal distribution of the data and the 1:1.5 sex ratio -indicated by Albanese et al. (2005) for the application of sample-specific methods. These assumptions are often difficult to assess in archaeological samples and thus prevent the use of sample-specific methods.The mean bucco-lingual diameter of 51 lower right canine teeth was used as a cut-off point to discriminate between sexes within a sample from Bom Santo. Before that, Shapiro-Wilk statistics was used to confirm that the distribution of the data in a sample of 51 lower canine teeth was normal. In addition, the range and central tendency of the data were compared to other samples for which the sex of the individuals was known in order to confirm that those parameters were consistent with those of a sample presenting a balanced sex ratio. The canine sex estimations were then compared with the sex estimation obtained from mandibles where canine teeth were still in situ (n = 8). No clear disagreement between the two methods was found thus demonstrating good potential of this method for sex estimation and for the sex ratio estimation in commingled human skeletal remains. Results indicated that sex ratios in Room A and Room B at Bom Santo were quite different. This indicates that the two locations may have been used in a different way according to sex.

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confidence: 80%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 97%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Sample-specific sex estimation in archaeological contexts with commingled human remains: a case study from the Middle Neolithic cave of Bom Santo in Portugal

Gonçalves

Granja

Cardoso

et al. 2014

Journal of Archaeological Science

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“…Cardoso (2008) indicates that, for both adult and subadults, the canines are the pieces that have greater sexual dimorphism. For Rösing (1983), the teeth are only one of the elements that are developed with the adult size and that his dimorphic morphological character is maintained over time.…”

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Sex Determination in Mandibles in the First Year of Life by a Quantitative Approach

2009

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SUMMARY:Numerous studies have shown that skeletal characteristics vary among different populations. Several authors suggest that it is possible to determine sex through the anatomical evaluation of children mandible, however there are few morphometrical studies conducted with such specimens. The purpose of this study was to analyze several mandibular dimensions and identify the ones that could be useful to perform sex differentiation in a sample of Brazilian young children. For this study we used 32 children dry mandibles of known sex, age ranging from 0 to 1 year old. The mandibles pertain to the collection of the Skull Museum of the Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). The parameters included bicondilar width, bigonial width, minimum width and height of the mandibular ramus, gonion-gnation length, height of the mandibular symphysis and transverse and anteroposterior condylar dimensions. The SPSS program was used to carry on the discriminant function analysis and the T test (p <0.05). There were no statistically significant differences that could allow identification of a specific parameter for sex determination. However, most of the dimensions were higher in male than in female, except for the minimum width of the mandibular ramus (0.2-0.16 mm) and transverse diameter of the right condyle (0.16mm). The values obtained for the anteroposterior diameter of the mandibular head were the most different between genders, although no statistically significance was found. Discriminant function analysis indicated that, despite differences, none of the evaluated parameters allow for sex classification with enough reliability. In conclusion, there is little sexual dimorphism in children's mandibles during the first year of life and anatomical analysis of this structure is not recommended as reliable quantitative approach for sex differentiation with forensic purposes.

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Forensic Odontology

Edgar¹,

Rautman²

2015

A Companion to Dental Anthropology

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Sample-specific (universal) metric approaches for determining the sex of immature human skeletal remains using permanent tooth dimensions

Cited by 72 publications

References 33 publications

Sample-specific sex estimation in archaeological contexts with commingled human remains: a case study from the Middle Neolithic cave of Bom Santo in Portugal

Sample-specific sex estimation in archaeological contexts with commingled human remains: a case study from the Middle Neolithic cave of Bom Santo in Portugal

Sex Determination in Mandibles in the First Year of Life by a Quantitative Approach

Forensic Odontology

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