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Wiley, Journal of Forensic Sciences, (58), p. S163-S168, 2012

DOI: 10.1111/1556-4029.12011

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A Collation of Recently Published Western European Formulae for Age Estimation of Subadult Skeletal Remains: Recommendations for Forensic Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology

Journal article published in 2012 by Carme Rissech ORCID, Nicholas Márquez-Grant ORCID, Daniel Turbón
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Abstract

The aim of this study is to provide an effective and quick reference guide based on the most useful European formulae recently published for subadult age estimation. All of these formulae derive from studies on postnatal growth of the scapula, innominate, femur, and tibia, based on modern skeletal data (173 ♂, 173 ♀) from five documented collections from Spain, Portugal, and Britain. The formulae were calculated from Inverse Regression. For this reason, these formulae are especially useful for modern samples from Western Europe and in particular on 20th century human remains from the Iberian Peninsula. Eleven formulae were selected as the most useful because they can be applied to individuals from within a wide age range and in individuals of unknown sex. Due to their high reliability and because they derive from documented European skeletal samples, we recommend these formulae be used on individuals of Caucasoid ancestry from Western Europe.