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  • 1Laboratory of Forensic Anthropology, Centre for Functional Ecology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal. dsnavega@gmail.com.

International Journal of Legal Medicine
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AcetabulumAge-at-death estimationCalce’s methodForensic anthropologyPortuguese population

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