A geometric-morphometric study of the cretan humerus for sex identification

From the forensic standpoint, the usefulness of this study rests on the identification of sex based on shape differences observed on radiographs of fragmentary humeri that could not be assessed with traditional methods. The analysis of humeral radiographs by geometric-morphometric techniques offers an alternative way to identify the sex of unknown skeletal remains. Whether this is statistically better than simply using traditional osteometric methods is a question that needs to be tested in a meta-statistical approach.