Test of the auricular surface sex estimation method in fetuses and non-adults under 5 years-old from the Lisbon and Granada Reference Collections.

LUNA, LEANDRO; SANTOS, ANA LUISA; MONGE CALLEJA, A; ARANDA, CLAUDIA

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LEGAL MEDICINE.

SPRINGER

Lugar: Berlin; Año: 2021

0937-9827

Non-adult sex estimation is an active field of forensic inquiry as morphological variations between males and females are subtle, but observable, even from intrauterine development. The objectives of this study are threefold: to test the validity of the auricular surface method for sex estimation [1] in fetuses and children under the age of 5 years-old, to evaluate if health conditions, reported as the cause of death, influence its accuracy, and to detect possible secular trends in sexual dimorphism. One-hundred and ninety-seven skeletal individuals from the Lisbon and Granada Identified Collections were studied. Individuals were divided according to the hormonal peaks (