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Browsing Theses and Dissertations (University of Pretoria) by Supervisor "L'Abbe, Ericka Noelle"
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(University of Pretoria, 2009-05-18)The study of skeletal differences between males and females has rarely taken into account the physical change in hard tissue characteristics with the onset of advanced age. Anatomical change through degenerative modification ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2011-11-24)The quantification of skeletal data is one way in which to demonstrate variation in human growth. In South Africa, few researchers have assessed patterns of growth in immature mandibles. The purpose of this study was to ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018-11-05)Each year in the Gauteng province of South Africa, approximately 1300 bodies are incinerated without a known identity (Bloom, 2015; Krüger et al., 2018). Because of various socio-economic reasons, identification is not ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)While postcraniometric sex estimation has shown promising results in North American (NA) samples, methods and standards for sex estimation in South Africa (SA) are restricted by incomplete samples and a lack of robust ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2024-02-14)Introduction: A critical gap exists in population-specific data for facial morphology of black South Africans which are essential for the accurate reconstruction of facial features in fields such as aesthetic and reconstructive ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)The objective of this research project is to assess craniometric differences among the socially defined black South African groups, namely Zulu, Sotho, Pedi, Venda, Tshwane, Tsonga, Swazi, Xhosa, and Ndebele. Current ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010)Providing a presumptive identification of badly decomposed or skeletonized remains is the responsibility of a forensic anthropologist. An important component of identification is the estimation of a post-mortem interval ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-05-10)Estimating age at death from skeletal remains can be done with relative accuracy when a skeleton is complete, however incomplete and/or poorly preserved skeletons pose a problem in assigning an accurate age range to unknown ...
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Evaluating standard non-metric cranial traits used to determine ancestry on a South African sample (University of Pretoria, 2010-05-12)Research on the estimation of age at death, sex and stature from skeletal remains has received more attention than methods used to evaluate ancestry. While this may be due to the stigma attached to classifying people into ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2024-02-13)Constant re-evaluation of standards used in forensic anthropological analyses are necessary, particularly as new methods are explored or populations change. Even though Indian South Africans are not a new addition to the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2011)In forensic anthropology, laboratory-based (LBM) and field-based (FM) models can be used to develop new methods and to research the stability and rate at which bio-molecules degrade. In this study, both these methods were ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)The ear is a complex structure that has been mostly ignored in facial approximation. Thus, information is limited on how to reliably estimate its shape for craniofacial approximations. Current manual facial approximation ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) is a pathological condition that primarily affects the spine. The focus of this study was to investigate the possible link between a diet rich in animal proteins and DISH ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012-09-14)With both a heterogeneous population and a large number of unidentified persons in South Africa, an accurate method to estimate ancestry is needed. The purpose of this study was to evaluate variation in nasal aperture shape ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2013)The main goal of a forensic anthropological analysis of unidentified human remains is to establish an accurate biological profile. The largest obstacle in the creation or validation of techniques specific for subadults ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)The primary role of a physical anthropologist is to provide sufficient information to assist in the individualisation of unknown skeletal remains. This is often achieved in establishing a biological profile of the deceased, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2008-08-11)With a large number of unidentified skeletal remains found in South Africa, the development of osteometric standards to determine sex from various bones is crucial. It is imperative that a forensic anthropologist have ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)Skeletal remains exposed to an outdoor context are prone to post-mortem damage and fragmentation, making skeletal analysis difficult for the anthropologist. Research on ancestry and sex from isolated fragments of the cranium ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2013)Forensic anthropologists and taphonomists are often tasked with interpreting the sequence of events from death through decomposition to skeletonisation. Discovery of burnt bone often evokes questions as to the condition ...
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South African cranial variation : a combined metric-macromorphoscopic method for ancestry estimation (University of Pretoria, 2023-11-20)Ancestry is a fundamental parameter of the biological profile. To date South African forensic anthropologists are only able to successfully apply a metric approach to estimate ancestry from skeletal remains. While a ...
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