Estimation of age in forensic anthropology: historical perspective and recent methodological advances

DH Ubelaker, H Khosrowshahi - Forensic sciences research, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Estimation of age represents a central focus of forensic anthropological analysis of human
skeletal remains and of the living. Advances registered in recent research include the topics …

Paleodemography: From archaeology and skeletal age estimation to life in the past

JL Boldsen, GR Milner… - American Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Much of paleodemography, an interdisciplinary field with strong ties to archaeology, among
other disciplines, is oriented toward clarifying the life experiences of past people and why …

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 …

A test of Suchey–Brooks (pubic symphysis) and Buckberry–Chamberlain (auricular surface) methods on an identified Spanish sample: paleodemographic implications

M San Millán, C Rissech, D Turbón - Journal of Archaeological Science, 2013 - Elsevier
Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology studies depend critically on the accuracy and
reliability of age-estimation techniques. In this study we have evaluated two age-estimation …

Automated age‐at‐death estimation from 3D surface scans of the facies auricularis of the pelvic bone

M Štepanovský, Z Buk, AP Kotěrová, J Brůžek… - Forensic Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
This work presents an automated data-mining model for age-at-death estimation based on
3D scans of the auricular surface of the pelvic bone. The study is based on a multi …

Estimating age and the probability of being at least 18 years of age using third molars: a comparison between Black and White individuals living in South Africa

A Uys, H Bernitz, S Pretorius, M Steyn - International journal of legal …, 2018 - Springer
Third molar development of 705 White and 563 Black South African individuals aged
between 15 and 25 years was assessed from panoramic radiographs obtained from the …

Brief communication: a proposed method for the assessment of pubertal stage in human skeletal remains using cervical vertebrae maturation

F Shapland, ME Lewis - American Journal of Physical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The assessment of age‐at‐death in non‐adult skeletal remains is under constant review.
However, in many past societies an individual's physical maturation may have been more …

Dogs and foxes in Early-Middle Bronze Age funerary structures in the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula: human control of canid diet at the sites of Can Roqueta …

A Grandal-d'Anglade, S Albizuri, A Nieto… - Archaeological and …, 2019 - Springer
Findings of canid remains in graves at different sites in the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula
are evidence of a widespread funerary practice that proliferated between the end of the 3rd …

Raman spectroscopy of human skin: looking for a quantitative algorithm to reliably estimate human age

G Pezzotti, M Boffelli, D Miyamori… - Journal of …, 2015 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The possibility of examining soft tissues by Raman spectroscopy is challenged in an attempt
to probe human age for the changes in biochemical composition of skin that accompany …

Novel approaches to determine age and gender from dental x-ray images by using multiplayer perceptron neural networks and image processing techniques

E Avuçlu, F Başçiftçi - Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 2019 - Elsevier
It may be necessary to determine the identity or gender of a person for any reason
(disasters, inheritance etc.). In such cases, forensic medical institutions are asked for help …