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*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>
*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>
*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:
*Femur -  femoral neck-shaft angles ''not'' discriminative.<ref name=pmid9643428>{{cite journal |author=Anderson JY, Trinkaus E |title=Patterns of sexual, bilateral and interpopulational variation in human femoral neck-shaft angles |journal=J. Anat. |volume=192 ( Pt 2) |issue= |pages=279–85 |year=1998 |month=February |pmid= |pmc=1467761 |doi= |url=}}</ref>


Notes:
Notes:
<ref name=pmid19627412>{{cite journal |author=Kranioti EF, Michalodimitrakis M |title=Sexual dimorphism of the humerus in contemporary Cretans--a population-specific study and a review of the literature* |journal=J. Forensic Sci. |volume=54 |issue=5 |pages=996–1000 |year=2009 |month=September |pmid=19627412 |doi=10.1111/j.1556-4029.2009.01103.x |url=}}</ref>
*Anthropologic grouping is not absolute, i.e. it may be wrong.
*Femoral neck-shaft angles ''not'' discriminative.<ref name=pmid9643428>{{cite journal |author=Anderson JY, Trinkaus E |title=Patterns of sexual, bilateral and interpopulational variation in human femoral neck-shaft angles |journal=J. Anat. |volume=192 ( Pt 2) |issue= |pages=279–85 |year=1998 |month=February |pmid= |pmc=1467761 |doi= |url=}}</ref>


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