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| Douglas H UbelakerSummaryAffiliation: Smithsonian Institution Country: USA Publications
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Application of Lamendin's adult dental aging technique to a diverse skeletal sampleDebra A Prince
Department of Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 37996-0760, USA
J Forensic Sci 47:107-16. 2002..8 and 10+/-2 sears from two independent observers. Forty teeth were randomly remeasured from the Terry Collection in order to assess an intra-observer error. From this retest, an intra-observer error of 6.5 years was detected...- A test of the phenice method for the estimation of sexDouglas H Ubelaker
Department of Anthropology, NMNH, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560 0112, USA
J Forensic Sci 47:19-24. 2002.... - The use of SEM/EDS analysis to distinguish dental and osseus tissue from other materialsDouglas H Ubelaker
Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, USA
J Forensic Sci 47:940-3. 2002..Analysis enables bone and tooth to be successfully distinguished from other materials in most cases. Exceptions appear to be ivory, mineral apatite, and perhaps some types of corals... - Use of solid-phase double-antibody radioimmunoassay to identify species from small skeletal fragmentsDouglas H Ubelaker
Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution, NMNH, MRC 112, Washington, D C 20560 0112, USA
J Forensic Sci 49:924-9. 2004..pRIA correctly distinguished the human from the nonhuman samples. Using 200 mg or less of each sample, species of the deer specimen was identified correctly, given the choices of cow, deer, dog, goat, and pig... 
Issues in the global applications of methodology in forensic anthropologyDouglas H Ubelaker
Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution, NMNH, MRC 112, Washington DC 20560, USA
J Forensic Sci 53:606-7. 2008..The effort illustrates how case applications and court testimony can stimulate research advances. The articles also serve as a model for the improvement of methodology available for global applications...- Application of three dental methods of adult age estimation from intact single rooted teeth to a Peruvian sampleDouglas H Ubelaker
Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution, NMNH, MRC 112, Washington, DC 20560 0112, USA
J Forensic Sci 53:608-11. 2008..A new regression equation, specifically for Peruvian samples, is provided... - Histologic examination of bone development in juvenile chimpanzeesDawn M Mulhern
Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, USA
Am J Phys Anthropol 122:127-33. 2003..Results indicate that juvenile chimpanzees and humans exhibit similar age-related changes in histologic variables. However, age is not as strong a predictor of variation in microstructural variables in chimpanzees as it is in humans... - Skeletal indicators of pregnancy and parturition: a historical reviewDouglas H Ubelaker
Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution, NMNH, MRC 112, Washington, DC 20560 0112, USA
J Forensic Sci 57:866-72. 2012..This literature review calls for the continued exploration of skeletal alterations for determining parity status in human skeletal remains... - Bone microstructure in juvenile chimpanzeesDawn M Mulhern
Department of Anthropology, Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO 81301, USA
Am J Phys Anthropol 140:368-75. 2009..Am J Phys Anthropol 99 1996 585-601) suggest that bone microstructure has been stable throughout human evolution... - The forensic evaluation of burned skeletal remains: a synthesisDouglas H Ubelaker
Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution, NMNH, MRC 112, Washington, DC 20560 0112, United States
Forensic Sci Int 183:1-5. 2009..The rapidly growing literature in this area of forensic science includes experimental research that elucidates the dynamics of the thermal impact on skeletal structure and morphology... - Radiocarbon analysis of dental enamel and bone to evaluate date of birth and death: perspective from the southern hemisphereDouglas H Ubelaker
Department of Anthropology, NMNH, MRC 112, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, United States
Forensic Sci Int 208:103-7. 2011..Age at death also represents an important factor... - Analysis of artificial radiocarbon in different skeletal and dental tissue types to evaluate date of deathDouglas H Ubelaker
Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution, NMNH, MRC 112, Washington, DC 20560-0112, USA
J Forensic Sci 51:484-8. 2006..Within the bone sample analyses, the values of the trabecular bone were higher than those of cortical bone and supported the known placement on the pre-1963 side of the bomb-curve... - Test of the Lamendin aging method on two historic skeletal samplesMary S Megyesi
Department of Anthropology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48910, USA
Am J Phys Anthropol 131:363-7. 2006..1992] J. Forensic Sci. 37: 1373-1379), and higher than in the test by Prince and Ubelaker ([2002] J. Forensic Sci. 47:107-116) of the Lamendin method on the Terry Collection... - Comparison of four skeletal methods for the estimation of age at death on white and black adultsLaurent Martrille
Service de médecine légale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Montpellier, France
J Forensic Sci 52:302-7. 2007..However, in order to maximize the potential of each method, in the final evaluation one should consider mainly the method or methods that have a higher accuracy for a particular age range... - Identification of animal species by protein radioimmunoassay of bone fragments and bloodstained stone toolsJerold M Lowenstein
Department of Nuclear Medicine, California Pacific Medical Center, 2333 Buchanan Street, San Francisco, CA 94115, USA
Forensic Sci Int 159:182-8. 2006..We conclude that the pRIA technique shows a high degree of accuracy in discriminating human from animal bone fragments and bloodstains and in identifying animal species... - Evaluation of Purkait's triangle method for determining sexual dimorphismRobert P Brown
U S Army Criminal Investigation Command, Fort Lewis, WA 98433, USA
J Forensic Sci 52:553-6. 2007..5% prediction accuracy, similar to 87% for the head diameter. Combining threshold values for a single variable from Purkait's method and the femoral head diameter raised the predictability to greater than 90% for both sexes... - Interpretation of postmortem change in cadavers in SpainJosé L Prieto
Laboratorio de Antropología y Odontología Forense Instituto Anatómico Forense, Madrid, 28040, Spain
J Forensic Sci 49:918-23. 2004..5 years buried. Phase 4 (complete skeletonization): about one year on the surface and three years buried. This paper also provide useful information on the impact of carrion insect activity, location, climate, seasonality, and predator... - Population affinities of 19th Century Cuban crania: implications for identification criteria in South Florida Cuban AmericansAnn H Ross
Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Campus Box 8107, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-8107, USA
J Forensic Sci 49:11-6. 2004..These results provide us with a context in which to begin to understand the biological variation of Cuban Americans, which will enable the development of identification criteria specific for this U.S. hybrid Hispanic community... - Craniometric variation in the AmericasAnn H Ross
C.A. Pound Human Identification Laboratory, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
Hum Biol 74:807-18. 2002..Biological distance is investigated using traditional craniometrics by computing size and shape variables according to Mosimann and colleagues. This study shows that there is much biological variation within the Americas...