Sex assessment using the proximal tibia
- 1 June 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in American Journal of Physical Anthropology
- Vol. 85 (2) , 221-227
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.1330850210
Abstract
The proximal end of the human tibia is sexually dimorphic. Tibial condyles from 100 individuals in the Hamann‐Todd Collection were measured. Regression equations retrodicted known sex with 86–95% accuracy. A test sample of 20 individuals also from the Hamann‐Todd Collection was classified with 85–100% accuracy. A sample of 20 prehistoric individuals provisionally sexed by using crania and innominate bones was classified with 85–100% agreement. Thus, the proximal tibia may be useful in determining the sex of a skeleton.Keywords
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