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**Cause of death (sometimes). | **Cause of death (sometimes). | ||
Male | ===Male versus female=== | ||
*Subpubic angle (~70 degrees in males, 90-100 degrees in females). | *Subpubic angle (~70 degrees in males, 90-100 degrees in females). | ||
*Shape of pelvic inlet (heart-shaped in male, round in female). | *Shape of pelvic inlet (heart-shaped in male, round in female). | ||
*Size & shape of obturator foramen (small & round in females, large and ovoid in males). | *Size & shape of obturator foramen (small & round in females, large and ovoid in males). | ||
*Shape of sciatic notch (broad in females, narrow in males).<ref name=si_edu>URL: [http://anthropology.si.edu/writteninbone/comic/activity/pdf/Skeleton_male_or_female.pdf http://anthropology.si.edu/writteninbone/comic/activity/pdf/Skeleton_male_or_female.pdf]. Accessed on: 8 September 2010.</ref> | |||
*Articular surface pelvic-sacral articulation (raised in females, flat in males).<ref name=si_edu>URL: [http://anthropology.si.edu/writteninbone/comic/activity/pdf/Skeleton_male_or_female.pdf http://anthropology.si.edu/writteninbone/comic/activity/pdf/Skeleton_male_or_female.pdf]. Accessed on: 8 September 2010.</ref> | |||
*Shape of angle of mandible (square-ish in male, round in female).<ref name=si_edu>URL: [http://anthropology.si.edu/writteninbone/comic/activity/pdf/Skeleton_male_or_female.pdf http://anthropology.si.edu/writteninbone/comic/activity/pdf/Skeleton_male_or_female.pdf]. Accessed on: 8 September 2010.</ref> | |||
Not useful for male vs. female: | Not useful for male vs. female: | ||