A team of forensic anthropologists found some human skeletal remains at a crime scene. They found the collar bone, which was completely developed and fused. What might be the age of the deceased?

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Lisa Beard

Social Studies

11 August, 07:15

A team of forensic anthropologists found some human skeletal remains at a crime scene. They found the collar bone, which was completely developed and fused. What might be the age of the deceased?

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Lyric Knox · Answer 1

The age of the deceased might be 32 years or possibly more than that.

Explanation:

The complete development of the clavicle bone in females does not happen before 21 years of age. The same in males takes around 22 years. Though the development of the clavicle bone happens by 21 to 22 years of age, it takes another 10 years for the bone to get completely fused. The fusion of the clavicle bone in females happens at around 31 years and that in males happens at 32 years.