Browsing by Author "Manger, Paul R."

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The accuracy of the anatomical method for stature estimation in Black South African females

Brits, Desiré; Manger, Paul R.; Bidmos, Mubarak A. ( Elsevier , 2017 , Article)
The anatomical method is considered the most accurate stature estimation method, but investigation has shown that it continuously underestimates stature. This underestimation is believed to be related to the use of universal ...
Assessing the use of the anatomical method for the estimation of sub-adult stature in Black South Africans

Brits, Desiré; Manger, Paul R.; Bidmos, Mubarak A. ( Elsevier , 2018 , Article)
Stature estimation is rarely attempted in sub-adults due to the general lack of available standards as a result of the dearth of sufficiently large sub-adult skeletal collections with known demographic information. To ...
Stature estimation from the femur and tibia in Black South African sub-adults

Brits, Desiré M.; Bidmos, Mubarak A.; Manger, Paul R. ( Elsevier , 2017 , Article)
Stature estimation can play a role in the positive identification of unknown individuals and as such it is routinely assessed during the examination of adult remains. Unfortunately, this is not a standard procedure when ...