Applicability and Limitations of Sex Assessment Based on Foramen Magnum

Sex assessment of skeletal remains in the context of forensic investigation is one of the most important components when constructing biological profile of the deceased individual since it helps to significantly narrow down the number of potential victims. Therefore, the number of methods suitable to estimate sex should be as wide as possible, especially for cases of highly fragmented remains. This paper offers a classification method for sexing human remains based on an area around foramen magnum and tests other similar discriminatory functions published elsewhere on an independent sample from the circummediterranean region.
Source: Forensic Science International - Category: Forensic Medicine Authors: Tags: Forensic Anthropology Population Data Source Type: research