Osteometric Assessment of 20th Century Skeletons from Thailand and Hong Kong
by Christopher A. King
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Cranial and postcranial research on East and Southeast Asians has shown population variability between and within these two regions. Moreover, as populations
vary by sex, sex differences vary by population. The purpose of this study
is to provide the first descriptive and comparative analysis of two recently
curated samples of complete, documented, contemporary skeletons from Thailand
(N=104) and Hong Kong (N=94) that have not been previously studied. Sex
differences reveal Hong Kong males and females as larger but less dimorphic
than Thais. Stepwise discriminant function analysis of the Thai humerus
and femur allowed 94%-96% sex classification accuracy. In conclusion, this
research has increased our knowledge of sex and population differences
in Asia and has important applications to demographic and medicolegal investigations.