Some sexually dimorphic features of the human juvenile skull and their value in sex determination in immature skeletal remains

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 719-728

  Molleson, Theya ^a   Cruse, Karen ^a   Mays, Simon ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b ENGLISH HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DIMORPHISM; JUVENILE; MANDIBLE; MENTUM; ORBIT; SEX; TOOTH SIZE

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001313633     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1997.0215     Document Type: Article

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