Mandibular ramus flexure: A new morphologic indicator of sexual dimorphism in the human skeleton

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 473-485

  Loth, Susan R ^a,b   Henneberg, Maciej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND MEDICAL SCHOOL   (South Africa)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amerinds; Blacks; Bone morphology; Hominids; Sex assessment; Skeletal biology; South Africa; Whites

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MANDIBLE; MORPHOMETRICS; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANIMALS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBLE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0030048275     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199603)99:3<473::AID-AJPA8>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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