Published: 2025-10-03

Recognizing Skeletal Presentations of Rotator Cuff and Cruciate Ligament Surgical Interventions

Olivia Robson, Heather Garvin, Kelly Kruse, Gloria Eddy, Collin T. Erickson
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Forensic anthropologists are commonly tasked with assisting investigators in identifying a decedent from an unknown set of human skeletal...

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Sex Estimation from the Pelvis

Discriminant Functions for Quantitative Indices in a Modern Yucatecan Population

Fabiola Ponce Espejel, Andrea Cucina
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This study develops nine discriminant functions based on a series of indices calculated on the human pelvic bones from a modern forensic Mexican...

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Body Donation

Opinions and Practices in Forensic Anthropology

Kerianne Armelli, Rhian R. Dunn, Carolyn V. Issac
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Within forensic anthropology, skeletal donations are an indispensable resource for study and research. The creation, collection, and maintenance...

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Biological Anthropology in Namibia

Quantitative Parameters of the Gonial Angle and Mastoid Process for Sex Estimation

Anneli Poolman, Kathleen Van Niekerk, Jan Jacobus van der Merwe
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Current standardized methods for sex estimation using the cranial bones involve evaluating landmarks and defining them as feminine, neutral, or...

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Turhon A. Murad

Melanie M. Beasley, Eric J. Bartelink, Amy Mundorff, Ben Figura
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Dr. Turhon A. Murad was the first tenure-track biological anthropologist hired at California State University, Chico (Chico State). He founded...

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