Estimation of Age at Death Using Cortical Bone Histomorphometry
The older a skeleton is, the harder it is to estimate the age at death. This difficulty is due to biological variability in age indicators and the different skeletal response to environmental factors that are unique to an individual. Thus, it is becoming increasingly important for anthropologists to improve age estimates through the use of multiple age indicators and various modalities of assessment (e.g., macroscopic and microscopic). Previously developed methods of age estimation using the femur have demonstrated significant methodological issues, affecting their reliability and accuracy. Christian Crowder’s research evaluates histological age estimation using the anterior femur and explores the biological limitations of bone turnover as an age indicator.
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