Provider: Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic

TY  - JOUR
JO  - Anthropologie (Brno)
TI  - Sex Determination of the Pelvic Bone: A Systems Approach
AU  - Novotný V
Y1  - 1986
VL  - 24
IS  - 2-3
PB  - Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic
SN  - 0323-1119
SP  - 197
EP  - 206
KW  - Sex determination
KW  - Pelvic bone
KW  - Systems approach
KW  - Theory and practice
N2  - 
N2  - The biological system of sexual dimorphism of the bony pelvis is described using a systems approach for the improvement of sexing techniques. The result is a method for simple and reliable sex determination of the skeleton. The problems with "sex diagnosis", so-called systems approach both in general and with special regard to research on pelvic sexual dimorphism, principles of sex determination and perspectives for further study are discussed. Representa-tive metric-traits of two evolutionary, functionally and causally 'relatively independent sub-systems of pelvis (ischiopubic and sacroiliac segments) were found. Their multivariate discriminant functions serve as an identification key with maximum sex discriminatory effectivness, which under normal conditions yields up to 100 % accuracy in sexing. Remarks on "sex diagnosis" in practice deal with statistical inference, interpopulation differences, historic and prehistoric finds, pathological changes and morphoscopic sex characters. Practical recommendations are added.
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