Publication Date
2024
Document Type
Book
Description
This research examines correlations between femoral measurements and sex estimation, focusing on femoral bicondylar length and femoral head diameter. The study seeks alternative methods for incomplete pelvis or skull cases, utilizing femoral features to indicate sexual dimorphism. It will use the Goldman dataset, which includes several populations with variations in sexual dimorphism, as well as log regression, to create sex estimation methods. Subsequently, these methods will be tested using data from the University of South Florida’s (USF) Donated Skeletal Collection, consisting of over one hundred human skeletal remains for research and educational purposes. The results show that both measurements performed reasonably well in sex estimation, accurately predicting the sex of 55% of individuals in the USF dataset. However, combining both femoral measurements increased accuracy, with 63.2% of individuals accurately predicted. In conclusion, research underscores the reliability of femoral measurements, notably bicondylar length and head diameter, as indicators for sex estimation.
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Dougherty, Dana, "The Significance of Femoral Bicondylar Length & Femoral Head Diameter in Sex Estimation" (2024). Research Days Posters 2024. 18.
https://orb.binghamton.edu/research_days_posters_2024/18