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Original scientific paper

Estimation of Sex from the Talus in Prehistoric Native Americans

Ch. Barrett
W. Cavallari
P. W. Sciulli


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Abstract

We present both a multivariate discriminant analysis and a univariate procedure to estimate sex from measures of the talus (length, width and height). Both methods are comparable in accuracy (about 85%), but the univariate procedure is preferred due to its
simplicity.

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Hrčak ID:

11388

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https://hrcak.srce.hr/11388

Publication date:

18.6.2001.

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