Forensic Anthropology Research Topics

Click to see how different research foci have used United States-based Documented Skeletal Collections. The number in each pin represents the number of studies in the research foci you selected that have used that collection.

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 (2020). 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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