Age related changes of rib cortical bone matrix and the application to forensic age-at-death estimation.

ABSTRACT: Forensic anthropology includes, amongst other applications, the positive identification of unknown human skeletal remains. The first step in this process is an assessment of the biological profile, that is: sex, age, stature and ancestry. In forensic contexts, age estimation is one of the main challenges in the process of identification. Recently established admissibility criteria are driving researchers towards standardisation of methodological procedures. Despite these changes, experience still plays a central role in anthropological examinations. In order to avoid this issue, age estimation procedures (i) must be presented to the scientific community and published in peer reviewed journals, (ii) accurately explained in terms of procedure and (iii) present clear information about the acc

SUBMITTER: Bonicelli A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7822937 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature