The pelvis contains key information about an individual's age and biological sex that can be determined by examining morphological features, as described in studies by Brooks & Suchey and Patriquin et al. The hip is also where many muscles attach that are important for bipedal locomotion. The shape and size of the pelvis and hip are most distinctive for identification.
2. ▪ The hip is a fantastic wealth of skeletal knowledge. The two most
basic and fundamental traits of the person, the age and biological sex
of the individual, can be found in articles by Brooks & Suchey (1990)
and by Patriquin et al. (2005), which both use morphological features
of the pelvis to estimate sex and age of the individual under
study. Many muscles also insert and attach along the borders, rims
and edges of the pelvis, especially anchoring those that are key in
movement during bipedal locomotion (Schwartz 2007: 147). The hip,
and its component parts, are most distinctive in shape and size.
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