Anatomical, physiological, and epidemiological correlates of the aging process
A confirmation of multifactorial age determination in the Libben skeletal population
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8317008 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert P Mensforth (Kent State University), C Owen Lovejoy (0000-0003-0053-4523, Kent State University) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 68 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 87-106 |
| Publication date | 1985-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/ajpa.1330680109 |
| PMID | 4061605 |
| OpenAlex | W2112723993 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 49 |
Paleodemographic analyses based on estimates of skeletal age at death consistently report high levels of young adult mortality with few individuals living in excess of 50 years. Critics assert, these data indicate systematic underaging of adults and justifiably remark that (1) criteria for estimating skeletal age at death may be unreliable, (2) age determinations are too frequently based on one or two criteria alone, and (3) adult paleodemographic age profiles often mimic the age distribution of the modern population from which an age indicator's standards were originally derived. This study reports a series of tests based on well‐documented biological aging phenomena that can be used to investigate potential effects of systematic underaging in adults, assuming the skeletal population is of sufficient size to permit such tests. These include patterns of third decade sternal clavicular epiphyseal fusion, multiple age and sex criteria associated with cortical bone dynamics, and fractures known to occur throughout the entire adult ages range. These phenomena are examined here for the Libben site skeletal population where adult age at death was determined by the multifactorial summary age technique. None of the biological criteria reported here were used in the Libben summary age analysis and thus serve as an independent test of accuracy in age determination. In addition, the summary age method has recently been applied to a series of modern skeletons of known age (Todd samples 1 and 2). Age standards for criteria employed with Libben and Todd 1 were identical. Since Todd 1 displayed underaging in older adults, a second Libben age distribution adjusted for Todd 1 bias was generated for comparison. A third Libben adult survivorship profile based on a Coale and Demeny West level 3 mortality experience, considered by some to be a more realistic model for skeletal populations, was produced for comparison. For all criteria examined, original Libben summary ages provided superior concordance with known patterns of biological aging in human populations. While Libben ages adjusted for Todd 1 bias were slightly better in the third decade, both Todd 1 adjusted and Coale and Demeny West level 3 age distributions produced unrealistic patterns of biological aging for individuals greater than 35 years. Implications of these results are discussed
Age groups · Ageing · Biological age · Bone age · Pathology · Population · Young adult · Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes · Demography · Epidemiology · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Paleopathology and ancient diseases · Gerontology
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Part Two
| Unique citing works | 15 |
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