Recent advances in sex identification of human skeletal remains in South Africa

MA Bidmos, VE Gibbon, G Strkalj - South African Journal of Science, 2010 - journals.co.za
We review methods of sex estimation from human skeletal remains in South Africa within the
forensic context. Sex is one of the key variables in obtaining a biological profile of the …

A new forensic collection housed at the University of Coimbra, Portugal: The 21st century identified skeletal collection

MT Ferreira, R Vicente, D Navega, D Gonçalves… - Forensic science …, 2014 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study is to characterize and contextualize the new collection of identified
skeletons housed in the Department of Life Sciences at the University of Coimbra, Portugal …

The development and status of forensic anthropology in India: A review of the literature and future directions

N Baryah, K Krishan, T Kanchan - Medicine, Science and the …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Forensic anthropology deals with the identification of human remains in a legal setting. The
primary role of a forensic anthropologist is to evaluate human skeletal remains and ascertain …

[HTML][HTML] The Forensic Anthropology Society of Europe (FASE) map of identified osteological collections

A Petaros, Z Caplova, E Verna, P Adalian… - Forensic science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Identified (documented) osteological collections represent an important resource in the
development of forensic anthropology standards and methods as well as a precious tool for …

A modern documented Italian identified skeletal collection of 2127 skeletons: the CAL Milano Cemetery Skeletal Collection

C Cattaneo, D Mazzarelli, A Cappella… - Forensic science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The CAL Milano Cemetery Skeletal Collection is a modern and continuously
growing identified osteological collection of 2127 skeletons under study in the Laboratorio di …

Brief communication: the Granada osteological collection of identified infants and young children

I Alemán, J Irurita, AR Valencia… - American Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The objective of this study is to present the characteristics of a collection of identified infants
and young children housed in the Laboratory of Anthropology of the University of Granada …

The pretoria bone collection: a 21st century skeletal collection in South Africa

EN L'Abbé, GC Krüger, CEG Theye, AC Hagg… - Forensic Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The Pretoria Bone Collection (PBC) began in 1942 with the opening of a medical school at
the University of Pretoria (UP) in Pretoria, South Africa, where this skeletal collection is …

Nonmetric sex determination from the distal and posterior humerus in black and white South Africans

VL Vance, M Steyn, EN L'Abbé - Journal of forensic sciences, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The successful identification of human skeletal remains relies on proven diagnostic
techniques for sex determination. This research utilized 608 individuals from South Africa …

The efficacy of sternal measurements for sex estimation in South African blacks

PJ Macaluso Jr - Forensic Science International, 2010 - Elsevier
The correct assessment of sex from the human skeleton is of fundamental importance in
forensic medicine and bioarchaeology. In South Africa, unidentified remains are often …

The Brazilian identified human osteological collections

E Cunha, TT Lopez-Capp, R Inojosa… - Forensic science …, 2018 - Elsevier
This short communication aims to inform the scientific community of the existence of seven
identified osteological collections in Brazil, most of which are housed in universities: 21st …