Osteology II

Question 1

Sex is a ____ construct

Answer 1

biological

Question 2

Gender is a ____ construct

Answer 2

social

Question 3

As ____ anthorpologists, we estimate ______ ______

Answer 3

biological anthorpologists estimate biological sex

Question 4

3 skeletal ways to determine biological sex of skeletons

Answer 4

pelvis, cranium, teetch

Question 5

Why do we want to use the pelvis to determine biological sex?

Answer 5

Because females can give birth, males can’t, therefore, wide pelvis helps

Question 6

Most methods to determine sex for non-adults are ____

Answer 6

unreliable

Question 7

Most methods to determine ____ are unreliable

Answer 7

sex for non-adults

Question 8

What’s rationale behind methods to measure non-adults?

Answer 8

Baby bones grow and develop

Question 9

What’s rationale behind methods to measure adults?

Answer 9

Adults bones decay and degenerate

Question 10

Three skeletal ways to determine age of child skeletons

Answer 10

dental growth, epiphysal growth, long bone growth length