A blind test of mandibular morphology for sexing mandibles in the first few years of life |
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| Authors: | Scheuer Louise |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Royal Free and University College Medical School, University of London, UK. scheuer@scheupj.demon.co.uk |
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| Abstract: | Loth and Henneberg ([2001] Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 115:179-186) proposed that consistent shape differences exist between male and female juvenile mandibles which can be used to predict sex with an accuracy of 81%. A sample of known sex and age from the Spitalfields Collection was examined blind twice and resulted in an overall accuracy of only 64%. The tests also showed that: 1) the method sexed males more reliably than females; and 2) consistency was low. |
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| Keywords: | mandible sex assessment juvenile skeletons blind test |
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