Nondestructive adult age at death estimation: Visualizing cementum annulations in a known age historical human assemblage using synchrotron X-ray microtomography.
Adeline Le CabecNancy K TangValentin Ruano RubioSimon HillsonPublished in: American journal of physical anthropology (2018)
We reliably imaged and identified TCA in individuals <50 years from a known-age archeological sample. Scanning refinement will yield a promising alternative to current destructive methods of TCA analyses and to aid access to life history events in adult fossil hominins.