Morphometrics of the Hyoid Bone for Human Sex Determination from Digital Photographs

The identification of unknown remains is very important. When unknown remains are found, anthropologists first determine their sex and age. The sex of most skeletons is determined by their shape. In the hyoid bone, the shape is sex related, so it can be used forensically to determine the sex. This s...

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Published in:Journal of forensic sciences 2006-09, Vol.51 (5), p.979-984
Main Authors: Kim, Deog-Im, Lee, U-Young, Park, Dae-Kyoon, Kim, Yi-Suk, Han, Ki-Hwan, Kim, Kwang-Hoon, Han, Seung-Ho
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Anthropology
Bones
Digital photography
Discriminant Analysis
Female
Forensic Anthropology
forensic science
Forensic sciences
Gender
Human remains
Humans
hyoid bone
Hyoid Bone - anatomy & histology
Identification
Korea
Korean
Male
Middle Aged
morphometrics
Photography
Sex Characteristics
sex determination
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Summary:The identification of unknown remains is very important. When unknown remains are found, anthropologists first determine their sex and age. The sex of most skeletons is determined by their shape. In the hyoid bone, the shape is sex related, so it can be used forensically to determine the sex. This study focused on sex‐based morphometry of the hyoid bone in Koreans using digital photographs. Hyoid bones from 52 males and 33 females were examined. For each subject, we took 34 measurements from photographs using a computer program, and the data were analyzed statistically using SPSS 11.0. Twenty‐one of 34 measurements had significant sex differences (p
ISSN:0022-1198
1556-4029
DOI:10.1111/j.1556-4029.2006.00223.x