title: Application of the temporal bone for sex determination from the skeletal remains.
abstract: This paper presents state of current knowledge on possibilities and accuracy of sex determination from the temporal bone. Experimental and comparative studies performed on temporal bones derived from different human populations allowed to verify to what extend this bone is valuable source of information on sex of individual. It was figured out that the temporal bone can be used for this purpose and the size of the mastoid process is considered to be one of the best sex discriminator.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Jagiellonian University, Collegium Medicum, Kopernika 12, Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kozerska
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Jagiellonian University, Collegium Medicum, Kopernika 12, Krakow, Poland. jskrzat@poczta.onet.pl.
authors.forename: Janusz
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Skrzat
authors.forename: Anita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Szczepanek
mesh_terms: D000885:Anthropology, Physical / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008416:Mastoid / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D054881:Sex Determination by Skeleton / Q000379:methods*; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000033:anatomy & histology*
keywords: craniometry; sex determination; temporal bone