ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Page Count: 10

Sex Determination from Metacarpals and the First Proximal Phalanx
Scheuer, JL
Senior Lecturer and Postgraduate Student, Division of Anatomy and Cell Biology, UMDS Guy's and St. Thomas's, Guy's Hospital,

Elkington, NM
Senior Lecturer and Postgraduate Student, Division of Anatomy and Cell Biology, UMDS Guy's and St. Thomas's, Guy's Hospital,

(Received 30 July 1992; accepted 6 January 1993)

Abstract

Sex determination using metacarpals and the first proximal phalanx was carried out on a sample (n = 60) of documented sex. Six measurements were taken on each of metacarpals 1 to 5 and the first proximal phalanx. Regression equations were calculated for determining sex from the bones. The equations were then applied to a second sample (n = 20) also of documented sex to establish the degree of accuracy they produced in assigning sex. The equations for metacarpal 1 produced the highest degree of correct sex determination and overall the degree of accuracy ranged from 74% to 94%.

Keywords:
physical anthropology, sex determination, metacarpals, proximal phalanx

Paper ID: JFS13472J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS13472J
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