Estimating the distribution of probable age‐at‐death from dental remains of immature human fossils

Shackelford, Laura L.; Stinespring Harris, Ashley E.; Konigsberg, Lyle W.

doi:10.1002/ajpa.21639

Cited by 55Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology StudiesPleistocene-Era Hominins and ArchaeologyArchaeology and ancient environmental studies

Estimating the distribution of probable age‐at‐death from dental remains of immature human fossils

Shackelford, Laura L., Stinespring Harris, Ashley E., Konigsberg, Lyle W.·2012·American Journal of Physical Anthropology

DOI 10.1002/ajpa.21639

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In two historic longitudinal growth studies, Moorrees et al. (Am J Phys Anthropol 21 (1963) 99‐108; J Dent Res 42 (1963) 1490‐1502) presented the “mean attainment age” for stages of tooth development for 10 permanent tooth types and three deciduous tooth types. These findings were presented graphically to assess the rate of tooth formation in living children and to age immature skeletal remains. Despite being widely cited, these graphical data are difficult to implement because there are no accompanying numerical values for the parameters underlying the growth data. This analysis generates numerical parameters from the data reported by Moorrees et al. by digitizing 358 points from these tooth formation graphs using DataThief III, version 1.5. Following the original methods, the digitized points for each age transition were conception‐corrected and converted to the logarithmic scale to determine a median attainment age for each dental formation stage. These values are subsequently used to estimate age‐at‐death distributions for immature individuals using a single tooth or multiple teeth, including estimates for 41 immature early modern humans and 25 immature Neandertals. Within‐tooth variance is calculated for each age estimate based on a single tooth, and a between‐tooth component of variance is calculated for age estimates based on two or more teeth to account for the increase in precision that comes from using additional teeth. Finally, we calculate the relative probability of observing a particular dental formation sequence given known‐age reference information and demonstrate its value in estimating age for immature fossil specimens. Am J Phys Anthropol 147:227–253, 2012. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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Authors: Shackelford, L. L., Stinespring Harris, A. E., & Konigsberg, L. W.
Affiliations: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
Corresponding author: Shackelford, Laura L.
ORCID: Shackelford, Laura L.
Konigsberg, Lyle W.
Venue: American Journal of Physical Anthropology
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2011-12-21
Volume: 147
Issue: 2
Pages: 227-253
ISSN: 0002-9483 (ISSN-L)
1096-8644
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21639
OpenAlex: W2011930010
Cited by: 55
References: 98
Citations by year: 2026: 7 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 4
FWCI: 29.81
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)
Locations: American Journal of Physical Anthropology (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
Social Sciences › Anthropology › Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
Keywords: age at death estimation, tooth development, early modern humans, Neanderthals, age distribution
MeSH terms: Age Determination by Teeth, Algorithms, Animals, Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Fossils, Humans, Male, Paleodontology, Tooth, Least-Squares Analysis, Neanderthals

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