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Sex assessment using the proximal tibia
Author(s) -
Holland Thomas Dean
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
american journal of physical anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.146
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1096-8644
pISSN - 0002-9483
DOI - 10.1002/ajpa.1330850210
Subject(s) - crania , tibia , sexual dimorphism , skeleton (computer programming) , forensic anthropology , condyle , anatomy , biology , orthodontics , medicine , archaeology , zoology , geography
The proximal end of the human tibia is sexually dimorphic. Tibial condyles from 100 individuals in the Hamann‐Todd Collection were measured. Regression equations retrodicted known sex with 86–95% accuracy. A test sample of 20 individuals also from the Hamann‐Todd Collection was classified with 85–100% accuracy. A sample of 20 prehistoric individuals provisionally sexed by using crania and innominate bones was classified with 85–100% agreement. Thus, the proximal tibia may be useful in determining the sex of a skeleton.