Brief communication: A study of the predictive accuracy of mandibular ramus flexure as a singular morphologic indicator of sex in an archaeological sample

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 429-432

  Haun, Susan Jones ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Interpopulational variation; Sex assessment; Tepe Hissar

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; PREDICTION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; FEMALE; FOSSILS; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBLE; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS);

EID: 0034009924     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(200003)111:3<429::AID-AJPA9>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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