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Ancestry and Sex Estimation Flashcards

1
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Shovel Shaped Incisors

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Asian Ancestry

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Slight Anterior Nasal Spine (ANS)

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African

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Intermediate Anterior Nasal Spine (ANS)

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Asian

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Marked Anterior Nasal Spine

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European

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Sloped/Partial Sloped Inferior Nasal Aperture (INA)

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African

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Straight/Partial Sill Sloped Inferior Nasal Aperture (INA)

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Asian

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Sill Sloped Inferior Nasal Aperture (INA)

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European

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Narrow Interorbital Breadth (IOB) & Nasal Aperture Width (NAW)

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European

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Intermediate Interorbital Breadth (IOB) & Nasal Aperture Width (NAW)

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Asian

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Broad Interorbital Breadth (IOB) & Nasal Aperture Width (NAW)

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African

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Rectangular or Square Orbit outline shape (ORB)

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African

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Oval Orbit outline shape (ORB)

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European

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Rounded or circular Orbit outline shape (ORB)

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Asian

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14
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Absent Post Bregmatic Depression (PBD)

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Asian & European

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15
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Present Post Bregmatic Depression (PBD)

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African

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16
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Rounded Mental Eminence

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African

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Broad or Intermediate Mental Eminence

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Asian

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Squared or Bilobate Mental Eminence

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European

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Perpendicular Trans-Palatine Suture (TPS)

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Asian

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Anterior deviation Trans-Palatine Suture (TPS)

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African

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Anterior and posterior deviations Trans-Palatine Suture (TPS)

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Posterior deviation Trans-Palatine Suture (TPS)

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African or European

23
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More angled anterior curvature of the femoral diaphysis

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European or Asian

24
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Less angled anterior curvature of the femoral diaphysis

25
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More torsion of femoral neck

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European/ Asian

26
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Less torsion of femoral neck

27
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FORDISC

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computer program used to estimate sex, ancestry, and stature

28
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Sexual dimorphism

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females are smaller

29
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What is the best indicator of sex?

30
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Narrow Subpubic Angle

31
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Wide Subpubic Angle

32
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Narrow Greater Sciatic Notch

33
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Wide Greater Sciatic Notch

34
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Present preauricular sulcus

35
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Absent preauricular sulcus

36
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Ridge on Ventral Arc

37
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Bowing of subpubic concavity

38
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Sharp board on Medial Aspect of the Ischipubic Ramus

39
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Sacral Index

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Metric way of determining sex
Above 117 = Female
Below 117 = Male

40
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Nuchal Crest (sex) shape of head

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robust/ male
gracile/ female

41
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Mastoid Process (sex)

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large/ male
small/ female

42
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Parietal Boss (sex)

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marked/ female
reduced/ male

43
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Supraorbital margin (sex)

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sharp/female
rounded/male

44
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Supraorbital tori/glabella (sex)

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define/male
reduced/ female

45
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Calvaria Shape (sex)

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rounded/female
sloped/ male

46
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Mental Eminence (sex)

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defined/male
rounded/female

47
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Gonial angle

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oblique/ female
right/male

48
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Gonial flare

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flared/ male
unflared/ female

49
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Metric ways of determining sex?

A

Humerus head, Femur head

50
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When are differences between male and females apparent?

A

After puberty

51
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When is sex not reported?

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When working with subadult remains

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