During a three week long experiment, a male bovine head was scavenged by an adult Griffon vulture... more During a three week long experiment, a male bovine head was scavenged by an adult Griffon vulture. Twenty five linear scavenging marks were identified on the defleshed cranium and mandible, ranging in length from 2 to 31 mm with an average of 9.02 mm. Based on the experimental observations, the following criteria may be used for diagnosis of vulture scavenging marks: a \_/ cross-sectional shape, tapered width, a tendency toward clustering into parallel sets of 2-4 lines, and the presence of V- or L-shaped double lines. Although reliable identification of a single line as a vulture scavenging mark is impossible, a number of features meeting these criteria may allow for a more confident diagnosis. Scavenging lines appear significantly longer on more exposed areas of the cranium,
anthropology of modern human teeth: dental morphology and its variation in recent human populatio... more anthropology of modern human teeth: dental morphology and its variation in recent human populations, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Walker P.L., Bathurst R.R., Richman R., Gjerdrum T., Andrushko V.A. (2009), Th e causes of porotic hyperostosis and cribra orbitalia: A reappraisal of the iron-defi ciency-anemia hypothesis,
During a three week long experiment, a male bovine head was scavenged by an adult Griffon vulture... more During a three week long experiment, a male bovine head was scavenged by an adult Griffon vulture. Twenty five linear scavenging marks were identified on the defleshed cranium and mandible, ranging in length from 2 to 31 mm with an average of 9.02 mm. Based on the experimental observations, the following criteria may be used for diagnosis of vulture scavenging marks: a \_/ cross-sectional shape, tapered width, a tendency toward clustering into parallel sets of 2-4 lines, and the presence of V- or L-shaped double lines. Although reliable identification of a single line as a vulture scavenging mark is impossible, a number of features meeting these criteria may allow for a more confident diagnosis. Scavenging lines appear significantly longer on more exposed areas of the cranium,
anthropology of modern human teeth: dental morphology and its variation in recent human populatio... more anthropology of modern human teeth: dental morphology and its variation in recent human populations, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Walker P.L., Bathurst R.R., Richman R., Gjerdrum T., Andrushko V.A. (2009), Th e causes of porotic hyperostosis and cribra orbitalia: A reappraisal of the iron-defi ciency-anemia hypothesis,
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double lines. Although reliable identification of a single line as a vulture scavenging mark is impossible, a number of features meeting these criteria may allow for a more confident diagnosis. Scavenging lines appear significantly longer on more exposed areas of the cranium,
double lines. Although reliable identification of a single line as a vulture scavenging mark is impossible, a number of features meeting these criteria may allow for a more confident diagnosis. Scavenging lines appear significantly longer on more exposed areas of the cranium,