Physical Anthropology in Thailand

The collecting of physical anthropological data of people in the past, by physical anthropologists, physicians, archaeologists, including academics in related fields, from studying skeletal remains at archaeological sites in Thailand and to publish knowledge in any form.

SEX DETERMINATION BY DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS: AN EVALUATION OF THE RELIABILITY OF ULNA AND TIBIA MEASUREMENT IN THAI POPULATION

Title
SEX DETERMINATION BY DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS: AN EVALUATION OF THE RELIABILITY OF ULNA AND TIBIA MEASUREMENT IN THAI POPULATION
Author
YAPARSERT, KANYARAT
Paper type
Dissertation
Language
Thai
Location
Year
2013
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Published
Graduate School, Silpakorn University
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Abstract

Current, sex determination from human bones can be performed in various methods. Forensic scientists were searched in physical characteristics of bones for sex determination. In forensic cause works, frequent bones in the sex determination are pelvic bones and skull, respectively. Moreover, in the forensic causes possess variety factors that might be changed such as slaughtering or burning of the body that destroyed bones incompletely. Therefore, this study aims to reliability presentation that determinate in sex using ulna and tibia measurements.

In this study was measured ulna and tibia length in total 400 people (188 men and 212 women). The experiment groups contain age between 20-55 years old. The tibia lengths were measured from the top of medial malleolus to the top of medial condyle of tibia. The ulna lengths were measured from the top ulna styloid process to olecranon process. All measurements were completed with Vernier caliper (20 inch)

Sex and bone length data were performed with statistical analysis. This results demonstrate that accurate result for man determination is ulna left; 84.00%. In women determination that show the accurate result in ulna right; 87.30%.

This study has benefits and alternative methods in forensic cause works.
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