A modern, documented human skeletal collection from Greece

Sexual dimorphism in permanent teeth of modern Greeks

“…The Athens Collection of the Department of Animal and Human Physiology at the University of Athens currently consists of 225 skeletons of known sex, age, occupation, cause of death, and place of birth [27]. The skeletons belong to individuals who lived mainly in the second half of the twentieth century and come from cemeteries in the region of Athens.…”

Sex determination using metatarsal osteometrics from the Athens collection

“…were mainly of lower and middle socioeconomic status [8]. Specimens that were excluded from the study are those with unfused epiphyses, because only elements that have completed their growth are suitable for metric analyses.…”

The ‘Prof. Dr. Rómulo Lambre’ Collection: An Argentinian sample of modern skeletons

“…The composition of the Lambre Collection is in keeping with similar initiatives, which are currently developed and maintained in several countries worldwide, as reported in the international literature (Cardoso, 2006;Eliopoulos et al, 2007;L'Abbé et al, 2005;Paredes et al, 1997;Rühli et al, 2003) (Table 1). Likewise, in South America there are other projects involving the analysis of skeletal remains with documentary information (Bosio et al, 2009;Paredes et al, 1997).…”

“…However, taking into consideration population heterogeneity, the application of these methods would be more reliable in human groups of similar ancestry, which is the reason why many authors express the need for documented collections of a regional character (Eliopoulos et al, 2007;Ríos Frutos, 2003;Saunders, 2000;Schmitt, 2002;Steyn andİş can, 1999). Besides, the geographical location of the above-mentioned collections hinders the undertaking of research requiring skeletal material with reliable documentary data in other parts of the world.…”