Exploring sexual dimorphism of the modern human talus through geometric morphometric methods.

ABSTRACT: Sex determination is a pivotal step in forensic and bioarchaeological fields. Generally, scholars focus on metric or qualitative morphological features, but in the last few years several contributions have applied geometric-morphometric (GM) techniques to overcome limitations of traditional approaches. In this study, we explore sexual dimorphism in modern human tali from three early 20th century populations (Sassari and Bologna, Italy; New York, USA) at intra- and interspecific population levels using geometric morphometric (GM) methods. Statistical analyses were performed using shape, form, and size variables. Our results do not show significant differences in shape between males and females, either considering the pooled sample or the individual populations. Differences in talar morpholo

SUBMITTER: Sorrentino R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7021319 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature