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	*Epiphysis.		*Epiphysis not fused to metaphysis = young.
			*Epiphysis fused to metaphysis = old.

	==Male versus female==		==Male versus female==

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	**Identification - age, sex.		**Identification - age, sex.
	**Cause of death.		**Cause of death.

			==Animal vs. human==
			*Size.
			*Shape.

			==Age==
			*Epiphysis.

	==Male versus female==		==Male versus female==

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The article deals with '''forensic anthropology''', which is, essentially, examining skeletal remains.

==Purpose==
*Look at bones<ref name=pmid9053560>{{cite journal |author=Sarvesvaran R, Knight BH |title=The examination of skeletal remains |journal=Malays J Pathol |volume=16 |issue=2 |pages=117–26 |year=1994 |month=December |pmid=9053560 |doi= |url=}}</ref> may assist in:
**Identification - age, sex.
**Cause of death.

==Male versus female==
Pelvic:<ref>{{cite book |author= Moore Keith L.; Dalley Arthur F. |title=Clinically Oriented Anatomy |publisher=Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |location= |year=1999 |pages= 336 |edition=4th |isbn=978-0683061413 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=}}</ref>
*Pelvic inlet (superior) - heart-shaped in male, round in female.
*Pelvic outlet (inferior) - small in male, large in female.
*Obturator foramen (shape) - round in males, oval in females.
*Acetabulum (size) - large in males, small in females.
*Subpubic angle - ~70 degrees in males, 90-100 degrees in females.
*Sciatic notch (shape) - broad in females, narrow in males.<ref name=si_edu>URL: [http://anthropology.si.edu/writteninbone/comic/activity/pdf/Skeleton_male_or_female.pdf http://anthropology.si.edu/writteninbone/comic/activity/pdf/Skeleton_male_or_female.pdf]. Accessed on: 8 September 2010.</ref>

Mandible:
*Angle of mandible (shape) - square-ish in male, round in female.<ref name=si_edu>URL: [http://anthropology.si.edu/writteninbone/comic/activity/pdf/Skeleton_male_or_female.pdf http://anthropology.si.edu/writteninbone/comic/activity/pdf/Skeleton_male_or_female.pdf]. Accessed on: 8 September 2010.</ref>

Skull:
*Supraorbital ridges - more prominent in males.
*Glabella - more prominent in males.
*Temporal lines<ref>URL: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gray132.png http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gray132.png]. Accessed on: 9 September 2010.</ref> (temporalis muscle attachment) - more prominent in males.

Notes:
*Anthropologic grouping is not absolute, i.e. it may be wrong.
*Femoral neck-shaft angles ''not'' discriminative.<ref name=pmid9643428>{{cite journal |author=Anderson JY, Trinkaus E |title=Patterns of sexual, bilateral and interpopulational variation in human femoral neck-shaft angles |journal=J. Anat. |volume=192 ( Pt 2) |issue= |pages=279–85 |year=1998 |month=February |pmid= |pmc=1467761 |doi= |url=}}</ref>

===Additional references===
*{{cite journal |author=Dirkmaat DC, Cabo LL, Ousley SD, Symes SA |title=New perspectives in forensic anthropology |journal=Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. |volume=Suppl 47 |issue= |pages=33–52 |year=2008 |pmid=19003882 |doi=10.1002/ajpa.20948 |url=}}
*{{cite journal |author=Cattaneo C |title=Forensic anthropology: developments of a classical discipline in the new millennium |journal=Forensic Sci. Int. |volume=165 |issue=2-3 |pages=185–93 |year=2007 |month=January |pmid=16843626 |doi=10.1016/j.forsciint.2006.05.018 |url=}}

==See also==
*[[Forensic pathology]].

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

[[Category:Forensic pathology]]

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