Brief communication: A probabilistic approach to age estimation from infracranial sequences of maturation

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 655-664

  Coqueugniot, Hélène ^a,b   Weaver, Timothy D ^b,c   Houët, Francis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian statistics; Osteological collections; Postcranium; Skeletal maturation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; BONE MATURATION; CHILD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EPIPHYSIS PLATE; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; PORTUGAL; PROBABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKELETON; SKULL; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BONE; EPIPHYSIS; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; BONE AND BONES; CHILD; EPIPHYSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77954521795     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21312     Document Type: Article

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