Be familiar with discussion reading.

Apuntes

Be familiar with discussion reading. Know and be able to identify problems, limitations, sources of error, or issues with the current methods available for each biological profile category we went over (i.e., age at death, assigned sex at birth, population affinity, stature) Know which traits are associated with female/male, young/old, and different groups/populations. ★ Males have a: ○ Larger skull ○ More pronounced muscle attachments ○ Pronounced brow ridge ○ Squared orbits ○ Smooth orbital margin ○ Pronounced brow ridge ○ Forehead more gradual slope ○ Angle of mandible more acute ○ Mental eminence more pronounced ★ Females have: ○ Increasing cranial bossing ○ Skull retains a more juvenile appearance ○ Rounded w/sharp superior orbital margin ○ Reduced brow ridge ○ Forehead rises more sharply/vertical ○ Angle of mandible more obtuse ○ More gracile Subadult aging estimation methods ★ Subadult: An individual who hasn’t reached physiological adulthood or hasn’t yet attained adult characteristics; osteologically, an individual who hasn’t reached skeletal maturity; juvenile ★ Estimating sex is less reliable than for adults because most sexual differences in the skeleton don’t appear un...