Samantha M Hens
Biographic Data
| ID | 5205409 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Samantha M Hens |
| GIVEN NAMES | Samantha M |
| FAMILY NAME | Hens |
| SIGNATURE | HENS S M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Anthropology California State University Sacramento Sacramento CA 95819 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 31 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Modeling senescence changes of the pubic symphysis in historic I talian populations
Age‐related anatomical changes to the surface of the pubic symphysis are well‐documented in the literature. However, aligning these morphological changes with chronological age has proven problematic, often resulting in biased age estimates. Statistical modeling provides an avenue for forensic anthropologists and bioarchaeologists to increase the accuracy of traditional aging methods. Locating appropriate samples to use as a basis for modeling ag…
Age‐at‐death estimation in an Italian historical sample
A growing body of research is demonstrating increased accuracy in aging from a relatively new method, transition analysis. Although transition analysis was developed for paleodemographic research, a majority of subsequent studies have been in the forensic arena, with very little work in bioarchaeological contexts. Using the Suchey‐Brooks pubic symphysis phases, scored on a target sample of historic Italians from the island of Sardinia, we compare…
Ontogeny of craniofacial sexual dimorphism in the orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus). I
The orangutan is widely recognized as a highly dimorphic species. An ontogenetic approach to the study of sexual dimorphism can assist researchers in understanding both where and when these differences develop. In this study, 357 orangutans from Borneo were divided into five developmental stages representing infancy to mature adulthood. Three-dimensional (3D) coordinate data from 16 landmarks representing the face and palate were analyzed by mean…
Growth and sexual dimorphism in orangutan crania
New insights may be gleaned by taking an ontogenetic approach to investigations of adult dimorphism. Previous work in this area relied on traditional, caliper‐based, morphometric methods, and produced conflicting results. This study uses a three‐dimensional (3‐D) approach for both local and global form comparisons of sex‐specific growth and growth patterns. 3‐D coordinate data were collected for 20 landmarks on 94 orangutan crania divided into fi…
Use of ordinal categorical variables in skeletal assessment of sex from the cranium
Stature estimation and calibration
Many applied problems in physical anthropology involve estimation of an unobservable quantity (such as age at death or stature) from quantities that are observable. Two of the more disparate subdisciplines of our discipline, paleoanthropology and forensic anthropology, routinely make use of various estimation methods on a case-by-case basis. We discuss the rationales for making estimations on isolated cases, taking stature estimation from femoral…
Stature estimation and calibration
Many applied problems in physical anthropology involve estimation of an unobservable quantity (such as age at death or stature) from quantities that are observable. Two of the more disparate subdisciplines of our discipline, paleoanthropology and forensic anthropology, routinely make use of various estimation methods on a case-by-case basis. We discuss the rationales for making estimations on isolated cases, taking stature estimation from femoral…
Use of ordinal categorical variables in skeletal assessment of sex from the cranium
In anthropological studies, visual indicators of sex are traditionally scored on an ordinal categorical scale. Logistic and probit regression models are commonly used statistical tools for the analysis of ordinal categorical data. These models provide unbiased estimates of the posterior probabilities of sex conditional on observed indicators, but they do so only under certain conditions. We suggest a more general method for sexing using a multiva…
Technical note
Loth and Henneberg (1996, Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 99:473-487) identified a single morphological feature of the mandible, the presence or absence of a distinct flexure or angulation of the posterior margin of the mandibular ramus at the level of the occlusal plane, which appears to be an extraordinarily accurate predictor of sex. Using only this feature, Loth and Henneberg were able to predict sex with 94% accuracy in a large sample of mandibles. …
Age‐at‐death estimation in an Italian historical sample
A growing body of research is demonstrating increased accuracy in aging from a relatively new method, transition analysis. Although transition analysis was developed for paleodemographic research, a majority of subsequent studies have been in the forensic arena, with very little work in bioarchaeological contexts. Using the Suchey‐Brooks pubic symphysis phases, scored on a target sample of historic Italians from the island of Sardinia, we compare…
Modeling senescence changes of the pubic symphysis in historic I talian populations
Age‐related anatomical changes to the surface of the pubic symphysis are well‐documented in the literature. However, aligning these morphological changes with chronological age has proven problematic, often resulting in biased age estimates. Statistical modeling provides an avenue for forensic anthropologists and bioarchaeologists to increase the accuracy of traditional aging methods. Locating appropriate samples to use as a basis for modeling ag…
Growth and sexual dimorphism in orangutan crania
New insights may be gleaned by taking an ontogenetic approach to investigations of adult dimorphism. Previous work in this area relied on traditional, caliper‐based, morphometric methods, and produced conflicting results. This study uses a three‐dimensional (3‐D) approach for both local and global form comparisons of sex‐specific growth and growth patterns. 3‐D coordinate data were collected for 20 landmarks on 94 orangutan crania divided into fi…
Use of ordinal categorical variables in skeletal assessment of sex from the cranium
Stature estimation and calibration
Many applied problems in physical anthropology involve estimation of an unobservable quantity (such as age at death or stature) from quantities that are observable. Two of the more disparate subdisciplines of our discipline, paleoanthropology and forensic anthropology, routinely make use of various estimation methods on a case-by-case basis. We discuss the rationales for making estimations on isolated cases, taking stature estimation from femoral…
Stature estimation and calibration
Many applied problems in physical anthropology involve estimation of an unobservable quantity (such as age at death or stature) from quantities that are observable. Two of the more disparate subdisciplines of our discipline, paleoanthropology and forensic anthropology, routinely make use of various estimation methods on a case-by-case basis. We discuss the rationales for making estimations on isolated cases, taking stature estimation from femoral…
Use of ordinal categorical variables in skeletal assessment of sex from the cranium
In anthropological studies, visual indicators of sex are traditionally scored on an ordinal categorical scale. Logistic and probit regression models are commonly used statistical tools for the analysis of ordinal categorical data. These models provide unbiased estimates of the posterior probabilities of sex conditional on observed indicators, but they do so only under certain conditions. We suggest a more general method for sexing using a multiva…
Technical note
Loth and Henneberg (1996, Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 99:473-487) identified a single morphological feature of the mandible, the presence or absence of a distinct flexure or angulation of the posterior margin of the mandibular ramus at the level of the occlusal plane, which appears to be an extraordinarily accurate predictor of sex. Using only this feature, Loth and Henneberg were able to predict sex with 94% accuracy in a large sample of mandibles. …
Growth and sexual dimorphism in orangutan crania
New insights may be gleaned by taking an ontogenetic approach to investigations of adult dimorphism. Previous work in this area relied on traditional, caliper‐based, morphometric methods, and produced conflicting results. This study uses a three‐dimensional (3‐D) approach for both local and global form comparisons of sex‐specific growth and growth patterns. 3‐D coordinate data were collected for 20 landmarks on 94 orangutan crania divided into fi…
Ontogeny of craniofacial sexual dimorphism in the orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus). I
The orangutan is widely recognized as a highly dimorphic species. An ontogenetic approach to the study of sexual dimorphism can assist researchers in understanding both where and when these differences develop. In this study, 357 orangutans from Borneo were divided into five developmental stages representing infancy to mature adulthood. Three-dimensional (3D) coordinate data from 16 landmarks representing the face and palate were analyzed by mean…
Age‐at‐death estimation in an Italian historical sample
A growing body of research is demonstrating increased accuracy in aging from a relatively new method, transition analysis. Although transition analysis was developed for paleodemographic research, a majority of subsequent studies have been in the forensic arena, with very little work in bioarchaeological contexts. Using the Suchey‐Brooks pubic symphysis phases, scored on a target sample of historic Italians from the island of Sardinia, we compare…
Modeling senescence changes of the pubic symphysis in historic I talian populations
Age‐related anatomical changes to the surface of the pubic symphysis are well‐documented in the literature. However, aligning these morphological changes with chronological age has proven problematic, often resulting in biased age estimates. Statistical modeling provides an avenue for forensic anthropologists and bioarchaeologists to increase the accuracy of traditional aging methods. Locating appropriate samples to use as a basis for modeling ag…
Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (9 works) · Biology (6 works) · Mathematics (6 works) · Statistics (6 works) · Econometrics (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Anatomy (3 works) · Bayesian probability (3 works) · Estimation (3 works) · Sexual dimorphism (3 works)