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Greater sciatic notch morphology: Sex, age, and population differences

Walker, Phillip L.·2005·American Journal of Physical Anthropology
DOI 10.1002/ajpa.10422
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The accuracy of a method for visually scoring sex differences in the greater sciatic notch was tested on 296 skeletons of known age and sex. The proportion of correct sex assignments is 80% when all specimens are classified, and 89% when os coxae assigned the score in which the sexes show the greatest overlap are excluded. Although many os coxae (35%) have this sexually intermediate morphology, excluding them has the advantage of substantially reducing sex biases in sexing errors. For both sexes, there is a strong relationship between age at death and sciatic notch score. People who die at a younger age tend to have wider, more feminine-appearing sciatic notches than people of greater longevity. There are also significant population differences. The 18th-19th century English sample from St. Bride's Church has a more feminine morphology than Americans of European or African ancestry. Environmental influences on skeletal development (vitamin D deficiency) appear to provide the most likely explanation for these population differences.

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Authors
Walker, P. L.
Affiliations
University of California, Santa Barbara (US)
Corresponding author
Walker, Phillip L.
Venue
American Journal of Physical Anthropology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2005-08
Volume
127
Issue
4
Pages
385-391
ISSN
  • 0002-9483 (ISSN-L)
  • 1096-8644
DOI
10.1002/ajpa.10422
OpenAlex
W2084919564
Semantic Scholar
ccac84a44d92db78e9eb17e7fa8bfc81d8157a21
Cited by
380
References
36
Citations by year
2026: 18 · 2025: 35 · 2024: 27 · 2023: 29 · 2022: 18 · 2021: 24 · 2020: 27 · 2019: 34 · 2018: 18 · 2017: 19 · 2016: 14 · 2015: 15 · 2014: 14 · 2013: 18 · 2012: 14
FWCI
53.48
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
doi.wiley.com/10.1002/tdm_license_1.1 (tdm, 3683 d)
Locations
  • American Journal of Physical Anthropology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • Leverhulme Trust
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology (arts and humanities) › Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
  • Social Sciences › Anthropology › Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Forensic and Genetic Research
Keywords
greater sciatic notch, sex determination, age at death, skeletal morphology, os coxal, population differences, skeletal development, vitamin D deficiency
MeSH terms
Adult, Age Factors, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Anthropology, Physical, Anthropometry, Europe, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Pelvic Bones, Sex Characteristics, United States, Population Groups

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