Osteometry

<h2 id="purpose">Purpose</h2>
<p>Comparison of various aspects of <a href="/facts/Ancient/P0fFQ8z5">ancient</a> skeletons can be used to determine which <a href="/facts/Species/oDg6b96r">species</a> a skeleton belongs to, or if the differences are vast enough, create a new species.  In later skeletons, osteometry has <a href="/facts/Historically/bSKgXaCA">historically</a> been used to attempt to identify the <a href="/facts/Ethnicity/XSp5l24t">ethnicity</a> or <a href="/facts/Race_(classification_of_human_beings)/cDPnrdXn">race</a> of skeletons.
</p><p>Aspects commonly studied in determining the species of very early skeletons include the length of the <a href="/facts/Femur/uVyTwj4l">femur</a> and other long <a href="/facts/Bone/kwJaR6IQ">bones</a>, the capacity of the <a href="/facts/Skull/A9Wp63Np">skull</a>, the shape of the facial features and skull, the shape of the <a href="/facts/Jaw/6a11Csjh">jaw</a> and <a href="/facts/Teeth/Wc6IqwVf">teeth</a>, the curve of the <a href="/facts/Vertebral_column/Nuw1kV7o">spine</a>, the situation and shape of the <a href="/facts/Pelvis/8Fq9z3TY">pelvis</a>, and the location of the <a href="/facts/Foramen_magnum/nlxwvfuU">foramen magnum</a>.
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Sinodonty_and_Sundadonty/YDTTH9VS">Sinodonty and Sundadonty</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>[1] Jaco Weinstock, 1991 <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440399905423" target="_blank">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440399905423</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>[2] John E. Byrd, Carrie B. LeGarde, 2014, p. 167-191 <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780124058897000083" target="_blank">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780124058897000083</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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Osteometry