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Why do we fail in aging the skull from the sagittal suture?
American journal of physical anthropology - 1 Jul 1997
Hershkovitz I, Latimer B, Dutour O, Jellema L M, Wish-Baratz S, Rothschild C, Rothschild B M
Abstract excerpt
The controversy over the reliability of ectocranial suture status (open vs. closed) as an age estimation stimulated the pursuit of Meindl and Lovejoy's suggestion (Meindl and Lovejoy [1985] Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 68:57-66) for large scale analysis. The extent of the sagittal suture closure was assessed in 3,636 skulls from the Hamann-Todd and Terry collections. The debate over whether cranial suture ossification...
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