Predictive Accuracy of Mandibular Ramus Flexure as a Morphologic Indicator of Sex among Adult Egyptians

Together with the determination of age, ethnicity and stature, the identification of sex from human skeletal remains is an important element in anthropological and forensic assessments. Loth & Henneberg (1996) described a simple morphological feature for sex determination by observing the flexure of the posterior margin of the mandibular ramus, at the level of the occlusal plane and claimed 99% pr...