URBANOVÁ, Petra and Vladimír NOVOTNÝ. Distinguishing between Human and Non-human bones: Histometric metod for forensic antropology. Anthropologie. 2005, XLIII, No 1, p. 77-85, 8 pp. ISSN 0323-1119.
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Original name Distinguishing between Human and Non-human bones: Histometric metod for forensic antropology
Name in Czech Rozlišení mezi lidskými a zvířecími kostmi. Histometrická metoda pro forenzní antropologii
Authors URBANOVÁ, Petra (203 Czech Republic) and Vladimír NOVOTNÝ (203 Czech Republic, guarantor).
Edition Anthropologie, 2005, 0323-1119.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study Archaeology, anthropology, ethnology
Country of publisher Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/05:00031198
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Keywords (in Czech) forenzní antropologie, biologický původ, mikroskopie, histomorfometrie
Keywords in English forensic anthropology; human/non-human origin; bone microscopy; histomorphometrics; image analysis
Tags bone microscopy, forensic anthropology, histomorphometrics, human/non-human origin, Image analysis
Tags International impact
Changed by Changed by: doc. RNDr. Petra Urbanová, Ph.D., učo 21708. Changed: 8/4/2010 09:55.
Abstract
In order to develop an identification key for distinguishing between human and nonhuman osteological samples, bone structure of several animal taxa was studied using quantitative microscopy. Both domestic and wild species were included in the sample, analysed at both micrometric (13 variables) and macrometric (3 variables) scales. The data was first used to evaluate inter- and intraspecies diversity. Least determinative parameters were then eliminated via stepwise discriminant function analysis. The most discriminating microproperties of compact bone tissue were: number of osteons in 1 mm2, maximum osteon diameter, maximum diameter and area of Haversian canal, and mid-shaft femoral cortical thickness. Two different equations for discriminating between human and non-human bone are formulated. The 1st type uses only histometric properties of bone structure. The 2nd type of equations combines histometric measurement and cortical thickness. The latter equations correctly predict taxonomic classification in 100% of cases.
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