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A human skull can tell the approximate age of the person by it sutures. Sutures are the lines that are joined tightly on the skull and begin to fuse together by the age of 17. Another example are by the teeth because they appear in certain sequence at certain ages.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 11y agoSize you measure. Assuming that you only have a part, say only a skull or humerus, then you work with ratios. Thus measuring that the humerus you have is so many cm, thus the total person must have been so many meter/ cm. The age too up to a certain point can be measured by the size of the part you have. For later ages (after growth) you can determine age by looking at age related phenomena like bone density, metaphysical discs, teeth, osteoporosis. As for the gender of a skeleton, most common is to look at the pelvis. With women, this is different in shape, allowing child birth (e.g. more room/ bigger hole in the "pelvic floor" region).
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