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An Evaluation of Embalmed Cadaveric Human Tissue in the Investigation of Multiple Freeze and Thaw Cycles on the Histological Morphology of Human Bone
DownloadFall 2012
Our understanding of the myriad of possible taphonomic agents acting on remains in a forensic context has dramatically increased over the last two decades (Haglund and Sorg, 2002); however, the effects of cold temperature on the microstructure of bone tissue are still not well understood. Recent...
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Critical analysis of the factors affecting the "cranial suture aging method" using the Hamann Todd Collection
DownloadFall 2014
Cranial suture closure has been regarded as an unreliable method for age estimation due to the large amount of variability in the commencement, progression and termination of fusion. A preliminary study done on the J.C.B. Grant Collection (University of Toronto; Toronto, Ontario) showed that...
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Spring 2020
The human bony pelvis is important in many anthropological studies of archaeological populations and of human evolution as it balances two important human characteristics: upright walking and the birthing of large-brained infants. While it has been thought that the female pelvis is selectively...