The association of parturition scars and pelvic shape: A geometric morphometric study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Pelvic features, mostly known as parturition scars, have been extensively studied in the last decades and are frequently investigated in archaeological and forensic contexts. It is still unclear, however, whether they really relate to pregnancy and birth, or whether these features are caused by other biomechanical factors. Because the length and difficulty of labor correlates with the form of the birth canal, we studied the association between the expression of pelvic features and pelvic shape using geometric morphometrics.

Materials and methods

We scored the expression of the preauricular sulcus, margo auricularis groove, sacral preauricular extension, dorsal and ventral pubic pitting for 54 individuals from a 19th century collection and 19 individuals from the B

SUBMITTER: Waltenberger L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7898533 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature