Metropolitan Forensic Anthropology Team (MFAT) studies in identification: 1. Race and sex assessment by discriminant function analysis of the postcranial skeleton.
A case study is presented to demonstrate the utility of the team approach to the identification of human remains, and to illustrate a methodological innovation developed by MFAT. Case 1 represents the first of several planned case studies, each designed to present new methodological solutions to standard problems in identification. The present case describes a test, by application, of race and sex assessment of the postcranial skeleton by discriminant function analysis.
D000328:Adult; D000886:Anthropometry; D005260:Female; D005553:Forensic Dentistry / Q000379:methods*; D006708:Homicide; D006801:Humans; D010781:Photography; D044469:Racial Groups; D012723:Sex; D012886:Skull