Estimating Age without Measuring it: A New Method in Paleodemography.

At what age did humans die in the past? To estimate age at death in ancient populations for which no civil records exist, skeletons are often the only information source. Bones and teeth provide indications of the stage of growth or ageing reached by individuals at the moment of their death,but they...

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Publicado en:Population (16342941) Vol. 65; no. 1; pp. 117 - 145
Autores principales: Caussinus, Henri, Courgeau, Daniel
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Institut National d'Etudes Demographiques 2010
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