Inaccuracy and bias in adult skeletal age estimation: Assessing the reliability of eight methods on individuals of varying body sizes

Accurate age estimations are essential for identifying human skeletal remains and narrowing missing persons searches in forensic contexts. Reliability in adult skeletal age estimations is generally lower than ideal, especially for individuals over the age of 40 years. Validation studies have shown that there are population differences [1 –9], sex differences [10,11], socio-economic differences [12–14], and individual variation differences [15–18] that affect the age changes observed on bones.
Source: Forensic Science International - Category: Forensic Medicine Authors: Tags: Forensic Anthropology Population Data Source Type: research