A test of the auricular surface aging technique.
A test of the auricular surface aging technique.
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耳廓表面老化技术的测试。
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发表时间：
1991
影响因子：
1.6
通讯作者：
Tracy Murray
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作者：
Katherine A. Murray;Tracy Murray
最近开发的用于估计死亡年龄的技术是基于髂骨耳廓表面的变形。该技术旨在用于连续估计骨骼样本的年龄分布。然而，该技术也被用于法医学案件，必须根据具体情况进行分析。本研究探讨了耳廓表面技术作为单一老化因素的使用。使用从史密森尼学会 Terry Collection 中抽取的 189 名个体样本对两个假设进行了检验。假设是（1）该方法是否同样适用于种族和性别，以及（2）该方法作为单一衰老因素的表现如何？结果表明，耳廓表面退行性变化的程度不依赖于任何特定年龄组的种族或性别。然而，退行性变化的速率变化太大，无法用作估计年龄的单一标准；对于法医学目的来说，估计误差的范围太大了。
A recently developed technique used in the estimation of age at death is based upon the metamorphosis of the auricular surface of the ilium. This technique was designed to be used in seriation to estimate the age distribution of a skeletal sample. However, the technique has also been used in forensic science cases, which must be analyzed on a case-by-case basis. The present study examines the use of the auricular surface technique as the single aging factor. Two hypotheses are tested using a sample of 189 individuals drawn from the Terry Collection, housed at the Smithsonian Institution. The hypotheses are (1) is the method equally applicable across race and sex, and (2) how well does the method perform as the single aging factor? The results indicate that the amount of degenerative change in the auricular surface is not dependent upon race or sex in any given age category. However, the rate of degenerative change is too variable to be used as a single criterion for the estimation of age; the range of estimation error is simply too large for forensic science purposes.