在北印度人口中使用索引和戒指线性测量来确定性别:一个横截面研究
Prabhpreet Kaur1, Pratham Mittal1, Harleen Kaur1
1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Genesis Institute of Dental Sciences and Research, Firozpur, IND.
Cureus
|March 21, 2024
概括
指标指与戒指长度的比率有助于确定性别,女性通常相对于戒指指的指标指比较长. 这一发现有助于在法医和生物考古学背景下识别人类.
科学领域:
- 法医人类学 法医人类学
- 生物考古学的生物考古学
- 人类识别 人类识别
背景情况:
- 性别确定对于在医学法律和生物考古学上的人类识别至关重要.
- 像头骨和骨盆分析等传统方法对于碎片遗骸通常是不够的.
- 准确的性别评估对于排除个人和缩小识别可能性至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 通过检查食指长度与戒指长度的比率来研究性二态.
- 建立一个潜在的新指标,以确定性别,使用手指数字比例.
- 评估指长比率在性别区分方面的可靠性.
主要方法:
- 对两只手进行了指针和戒指长度的测量.
- 索引指和戒指的长度之间的比率被计算为每个手.
- 统计分析,包括学生的t测试和Levene的测试,使用IBM SPSS统计进行.
主要成果:
- 在两性之间观察到食指与戒指长度比率的显著差异 (p<0.001).
- 与男性相比,女性的食指与戒指的长度比较较长.
- 对右手 (0.9666/0.9952) 和左手 (0.9638/0.9920) 确定性别的值.
结论:
- 数字比例,特别是指数与戒指长度的比率,为确定性别提供了一种有价值的补充方法.
- 这种方法可以帮助自然人类学家在生物考古调查和法医专家在医疗法律调查.
- 使用指数比率为从碎片骨遗骸中识别个体提供了额外的工具.
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