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by the guy behind the bushes on October 24th, 2009

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When they find a skeleton how do the determain the age of the person when it died or if it was male or female?

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  • by qwerty on October 24th, 2009

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    growth plates and the type of pelvis

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  • by nfntjy on October 24th, 2009

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    You can tell the gender by looking at the pelvis.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelvis#Sexual_dimorphism

    Age can be approximated by looking for different areas (depending on if the skeleton is of an infant, child, adolescent, etc) such as teeth, the skull, and ribs among others.

    This site has more specific information:
    http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/biology/forensics/age_determ.html

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