Age Estimation of Unknown Skeleton 3
Location
CoLab, COM 296
Start Date
30-4-2026 1:15 PM
Document Type
Poster
Description
A research study to estimate the age of a European female skeleton model. The researchers utilized the following two age estimation methods: Auricular surface method (Osborne et al. 2004, phase method) and Meindl and Lovejoy (1985) cranial suture method. The researchers will not be utilizing the sternal rib end and the Suchey-Book (1990) pubis symphysis method which focuses more on the changing features found on the face of the symphysis such as the presence or absence of Billows because our research skeleton is articulated. The symphyseal Meindl and Lovejoy method use the lateral-anterior ectocranial suture score for age estimation. The researchers primary goal is to identify and gather structural characteristics found on a female skeleton at varying ages for use in determining the age of our research skeleton at death. Additionally, the research strives to improve the scientific understanding of the human biological profile from a skeletal point of view. Based on the researchers finding, the age estimate of our skeleton is that of an older female typically above 40 years. The use of the biological profile can be useful in various scenarios ranging from identifying missing persons using unidentified remains to living individuals for legal reasons but in our case, the research primary goal is age estimation from the skeleton at death.
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Age Estimation of Unknown Skeleton 3
CoLab, COM 296
A research study to estimate the age of a European female skeleton model. The researchers utilized the following two age estimation methods: Auricular surface method (Osborne et al. 2004, phase method) and Meindl and Lovejoy (1985) cranial suture method. The researchers will not be utilizing the sternal rib end and the Suchey-Book (1990) pubis symphysis method which focuses more on the changing features found on the face of the symphysis such as the presence or absence of Billows because our research skeleton is articulated. The symphyseal Meindl and Lovejoy method use the lateral-anterior ectocranial suture score for age estimation. The researchers primary goal is to identify and gather structural characteristics found on a female skeleton at varying ages for use in determining the age of our research skeleton at death. Additionally, the research strives to improve the scientific understanding of the human biological profile from a skeletal point of view. Based on the researchers finding, the age estimate of our skeleton is that of an older female typically above 40 years. The use of the biological profile can be useful in various scenarios ranging from identifying missing persons using unidentified remains to living individuals for legal reasons but in our case, the research primary goal is age estimation from the skeleton at death.
Comments
The faculty mentor for this project was Gideon Ney.