@article{JellinghausMatinUrbanetal.2020,
  author    = {Jellinghaus, K. and Matin, S. and Urban, P. and Bohnert, M. and Jantz, R.},
  title     = {Study of the K-S distance on skulls from different modern populations for sex and ancestry determination},
  series = {Rechtsmedizin},
  volume    = {30},
  journal   = {Rechtsmedizin},
  issn      = {0937-9819},
  doi       = {10.1007/s00194-020-00426-9},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-235185},
  pages     = {451-457},
  year      = {2020},
  abstract  = {In forensic science determination of the origin and sex of skeletal remains is an important task for identification purposes. In this study we investigated the krotaphion-sphenion distance (K‑S distance) in the pterion region of German, Euro-American, African-American and Rwandan skulls of modern individuals from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century to look for statistically significant differences in sex and ancestry. We found a statistically significant sex-specific difference in the K‑S distance, which was greater in male skulls than in female skulls for both sides of the skull. Our study also showed that there is a statistically significant difference in the K‑S distance between the four populations studied. Landmarks and morphometric parameters measured in our investigations, which were not used for the present examination were provided to the software program Fordisc for its reference data to enhance the range of its usability for identification of unknown skulls or partial skulls of European individuals.},
  language  = {en}
}