Exploring Ancestral Variation of the Hyoid

    Authors

    S. C. Kindschuh; T. L. Dupras;L. W. Cowgill

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    J. Forensic Sci.

    Keywords

    forensic science; forensic anthropology; hyoid; ancestry; discriminate; function analysis; Terry collection; SEXUAL-DIMORPHISM; BONE; MORPHOLOGY; AGE; Medicine, Legal

    Abstract

    This study utilizes metric analysis to examine size and shape variation between hyoids of Africans and Europeans in the Robert J. Terry Anatomical Collection. A total of 200 fused and unfused hyoids were measured and three statistical methods were employed to explore variation between ancestries. First, independent sample t-tests showed that some significant size differences do occur between ancestries. Second, to examine shape variation, skeletal measurements were regressed on the geometric mean using least squares linear regression with the residuals used to evaluate size-corrected shape differences. Finally, discriminant function analysis was used to develop two functions for ancestry prediction with overall accuracies of 73% and 77%. Results of the analyses suggest hyoid size and shape differences do occur between ancestries, notably that European hyoids are broader than African hyoids, while the African hyoid is longer than Europeans.

    Journal Title

    Journal of Forensic Sciences

    Volume

    57

    Issue/Number

    1

    Publication Date

    1-1-2012

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    41

    Last Page

    46

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000298793800007

    ISSN

    0022-1198

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