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Albanese J, Tuck A, Gomes J, Cardoso HFV (2016). An alternative approach for estimating stature from long bones that is not population- or group-specific. Forensic Science International, 259:59-68.
Berg GE (2008). Pubic bone age estimation in adult women. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 53(3):569-577.
Berg GE, Kenyhercz MW (2017). Introducing Human Mandible Identification [(hu)MANid]: A free, web-based GUI to classify human mandibles. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 62(6):1592-1598.
Best KC, Garvin HM, Cabo LL (2018). An investigation into the relationship between human cranial and pelvic sexual dimorphism. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 63(4):990-1000.
Brůzek J, Santos F, Dutailly B, Murail P, Cunha E (2017). Validation and reliability of the sex estimation of the human os coxae using freely available DSP2 software for bioarchaeology and forensic anthropology. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 164(2):440-449.
Dudzik B, Langley NR (2015). Estimating age from the pubic symphysis: A new component-based system. Forensic Science International, 257:98-105.
Duray SM, Morter HB, Smith FJ (1999). Morphological variation in cervical spinous processes: Potential applications in the forensic identification of race from the skeleton. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 44(5):937-44.
Garvin HM, Sholts SB, Mosca LA (2014). Sexual dimorphism in human cranial trait scores: Effects of population, age, and body size. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 154(2):259-269.
Hefner JT (2009). Cranial nonmetric variation and estimating ancestry. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 54(5):985-995.
Hefner JT, Ousley SD (2014). Statistical classification methods for estimating ancestry using morphoscopic traits. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 59(4):883-890.
Hefner JT, Pilloud MA, Black CJ, Anderson BE (2015). Morphoscopic trait expression in Hispanic populations. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 60(5):1135-1139.
Hefner JT, Spradley MK, Anderson BE (2014). Ancestry assessment using random forest modeling. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 59(3):583-589.
Jung H, Woo EJ (2016). Evaluation of mastoid process as sex indicator in modern White Americans using geometric morphometrics. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 61(4):1024-1033.
Kamnikar KR, Plemons AM, Hefner JT (2017). Intraobserver error in macromorphoscopic trait data. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 63(2):361-370.
Kenyhercz MW, Klales AR, Rainwater CW, Fredette SM (2016). The optimized summed scored attributes method for the classification of U.S. Blacks and Whites: A validation study. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 62(1):174-180.
Kenyhercz MW, Klales AR, Stull KE, McCormicka KA, Cole SJ (2017). Worldwide population variation in pelvic sexual dimorphism: A validation and recalibration of the Klales et al. method. Forensic Science International, 277:259.e1-259.e8.
Kilmer K, Garvin H (2020). Outline analysis of sex and population variation in greater sciatic notch and obturator foramen morphology with implications for sex estimation. Forensic Science International, 314:1103446.
Kimmerle EH, Ross A, Slice D (2008). Sexual dimorphism in America: Geometric morphometric analysis of the craniofacial region. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 52(1):54-57.
Klales AR (2016). Secular change in morphological pelvic traits used for sex estimation. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 61(2):295-201.
Klales AR, Kenyhercz MW (2015). Morphological assessment of ancestry using cranial macromorphoscopics. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 60(1):13-20.
Klales AR, Ousley SD, Vollner JM (2012). A revised method of sexing the human innominate using Phenice’s nonmetric traits and statistical methods. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 149(1):104-114.
Konigsberg LW, Herrmann NP, Wescott DJ, Kimmerle EH (2008). Estimation and evidence in forensic anthropology: Age-at-death. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 53(3):541-557.
Langley-Shirley N, Jantz RL (2010). A bayesian approach to age estimation in modern Americans from the clavicle. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 55(3):571-583.
Lewis CJ, Garvin HM (2016). Reliability of the Walker cranial nonmetric method and implications for sex estimation. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 61(3):743-751.
Listi GA (2016). The use of entheseal changes in the femur and os coxa for age assessment. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 61(1):12-18.
Lovejoy CO, Meindl RS, Pryzbeck TR, Mensforth RP (1985). Chronological metamorphosis of the auricular surface of the ilium: A new method for the determination of adult skeletal age at death. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 68(1):15-28.
Maijanen H (2009). Testing anatomical methods for stature estimation on individuals from the W. M. Bass Donated Skeletal Collection. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 54(4):746-752.
Meeusen RA, Christensen AM, Hefner JT (2015). The use of femoral neck axis length to estimate sex and ancestry. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 60(5):1300-1304.
Merritt CE (2015). The influence of body size on adult skeletal age estimation methods. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 156(1):35-57.
Milner GR, Boldsen JL (2012). Transition analysis: A validation study with known-age modern American skeletons. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 148(1):98-110.
Miranker M (2016). A comparison of different age estimation methods of the adult pelvis. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 61(5):1173-1179.
Murail P, Brůzek J, Houet F, Cunha E (2005). DSP: A tool for probabiliistic sex diagnosis using worldwide variability in hip-bone measurements. Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d’Anthropologie de Paris, 17(3-4):167-176.
Osborne DL, Simmons TL, Nawrocki SP (2004). Reconsidering the auricular surface as an indicator of age at death. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 49(5):905-911.
Ousley S (1995). Should we estimate biological or forensic stature? Journal of Forensic Sciences, 40:768-773.
Parr NM, Passalacqua NV, Skorpinski (2017). Investigations into age-related changes in the human mandible. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 62(6):1586-1591.
Phenice TW (1920). A newly developed visual method of sexing the os pubis. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 30(2):297-301.
Prince DA, Ubelaker DH (2002). Application of Lamendin’s adult dental aging technique to a diverse skeletal sample. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 47(1):107-116.
Raxter MH, Auerbach BM, Ruff CB (2006). Revision of the Fully technique for estimating statures. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 130(3):374-384.
Santos F, Guyomarc'h P, Brůzek J (2014). Statistical sex determination from craniometrics: Comparison of linear discriminant analysis, logistic regression, and support vector machines. Forensic Science International, 245:204.e1-204.e8.
Snodgrass JJ (2004). Sex differences and aging of the vertebral column. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 49(3):458-463.
Spiros MC, Hefner JT (2019). Ancestry estimation using cranial and postcranial macromorphoscopic traits. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 65(3):921-929.
Todd TW (1920). Age changes in the pubic bone. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 3(3):285-334.
Walker PL (2008). Sexing skulls using discriminant function analysis of visually assessed traits. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 136(1):39-50.
Wescott DJ (2005). Population variation in femur subtrochanteric shape. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 50(2):286-293.
Winburn AP, Stock MK (2019). Reconsidering osteoarthritis as a skeletal indicator of age at death. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 170(3):459-473.

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