Sex Determination from Skeletal Remains

Sex determination is a cornerstone of forensic personal identification — one quadrant of the "big four" (sex, age, stature, race). When a complete skeleton is available accuracy approaches 100%; with the pelvis alone it is ~95%, and with the skull alone ~90%. This topic is examined repeatedly through single-best-answer questions on the most reliable bone, pelvic indices, and specific angle cut-offs. In medico-lega…