Estimation of age in forensic anthropology: historical perspective and recent methodological advances

Estimation of age represents a central focus of forensic anthropological analysis of human skeletal remains and of the living. Advances registered in recent research include the topics of taphonomic impact, new anatomical areas of interest, histology, population variation, the dental pulp chamber, t...

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Autores principales: Ubelaker, Douglas H., Khosrowshahi, Haley
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6427487/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30915413
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20961790.2018.1549711
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spelling pubmed-64274872019-03-26 Estimation of age in forensic anthropology: historical perspective and recent methodological advances Ubelaker, Douglas H. Khosrowshahi, Haley Forensic Sci Res Reviews Estimation of age represents a central focus of forensic anthropological analysis of human skeletal remains and of the living. Advances registered in recent research include the topics of taphonomic impact, new anatomical areas of interest, histology, population variation, the dental pulp chamber, technology, mathematical approaches, biochemical analysis and techniques specifically targeting the living. This article reviews the historical development of age estimation methods and considers likely future directions. Taylor & Francis 2019-03-19 /pmc/articles/PMC6427487/ /pubmed/30915413 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20961790.2018.1549711 Text en This work was authored as part of the Contributor’s official duties as an Employee of the United States Government and is therefore a work of the United States Government. In accordance with 17 USC. 105, no copyright protection is available for such works under US Law. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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