Reliability of age estimation from iliac auricular surface in a subactual chilean sample

The aim of this study was to test the reliability of Osborne et al. (2004) age estimation based on the auricular surface. We selected 172 skeletons with documented sex and age-at-death and established six uniformly distributed age intervals for analysis. ANOVA was employed to assess the association of the documented age with sex and the auricular surface classification. We employed Bonferroni post-hoc tests to find any statistical differences across documented ages within each phase of Osborne's criteria.
Source: Forensic Science International - Category: Forensic Medicine Authors: Tags: Forensic Anthropology Population Data Source Type: research