title: A blind test of mandibular morphology for sexing mandibles in the first few years of life.
abstract: Loth and Henneberg ([2001] Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 115:179-186) proposed that consistent shape differences exist between male and female juvenile mandibles which can be used to predict sex with an accuracy of 81%. A sample of known sex and age from the Spitalfields Collection was examined blind twice and resulted in an overall accuracy of only 64%. The tests also showed that: 1) the method sexed males more reliably than females; and 2) consistency was low.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Royal Free and University College Medical School, University of London, UK. scheuer@scheupj.demon.co.uk
authors.forename: Louise
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Scheuer
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D018732:Forensic Anthropology / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000473:pathology*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012732:Sex Determination Analysis / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D016037:Single-Blind Method