Journal of Forensic Research

Department of Anthropology, Criminal Justice and Sociology, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, USA

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• Research Article   
  Questionable Affiliation of Five Curated Crania: Using MicroScribe 3D Digitizer and FORDISC 3.1 Computer Program to Estimate Ancestry and Sex
  Author(s): Conrad B. Quintyn*
  
  Objective: This study attempts to estimate the ancestry and sex of five unknown human crania curated by the Anthropology Department at Bloomsburg University. The fallout caused by curation and public display of human skulls in the Morton Collection, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology prompted the Bloomsburg University administration to direct the Anthropology Department to assess the affiliation of these crania that had no clear origins. Method: A MicroScribe G-2X digitizer was used to collect coordinate data from osteometric landmarks, which were simultaneously recorded by an analytical software called ThreeSkull (3Skull) and subsequently imported into the FORDISC 3.1 discriminant functions computer program for processing. Result: Cranium A12022 is that of a Japanese .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2157-7145.2022.13.516

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