Browsing by UP Author "L'Abbe, Ericka Noelle"

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  • Analysis of ante mortem trauma in three modern skeletal populations 
    Steyn, Maryna; Iscan, M.Y.; De Kock, M.; Kranioti, E.F.; Michalodimitrakis, M.; L'Abbe, Ericka Noelle (Wiley, 2010-09)
    When archaeological skeletons are assessed, the prevalence (and patterns of bone involvement) of trauma is important. The number and pattern of fractures can be used to gain insight into the occurrence of interpersonal ...
  • Ancestral variations in the shape and size of the zygoma 
    Oettle, Anna Catherina; Demeter, F.P. (Fabrice); L'Abbe, Ericka Noelle (Wiley, 2017-01)
    The variable development of the zygoma, dictating its shape and size variations among ancestral groups, has important clinical implications and valuable anthropological and evolutionary inferences. The purpose of the ...
  • Ancestry estimation in South Africa using craniometrics and geometric morphometrics 
    Stull, Kyra Elizabeth; Kenyhercz, Michael W.; L'Abbe, Ericka Noelle (Elsevier, 2014-12)
    Population history and positive assortative mating directs gene flow in such a way that biological differences are recognized among groups. In turn, forensic anthropologists quantify biological differences to estimate ...
  • The application of fordisc 3.0 to South African crania 
    L'Abbe, Ericka Noelle; Keough, Natalie; Nawrocki, S.J.; Creative Studios, Dept of Education Innovation, University of Pretoria (2008-09-29)
    FORDISC 3.0 (FD3) is an analytical program distributed by the University of Tennessee that employs discriminant analysis to assist in assessing sex, ancestry, and stature from unidentified skeletal remains. While American ...
  • An assessment of early mandibular growth 
    Hutchinson, Erin Frances; L'Abbe, Ericka Noelle; Oettle, Anna Catherina (Elsevier, 2012-04)
    Quantification of skeletal data has been shown to be an effective and reliable method of demonstrating variation in human growth as well as for monitoring and interpreting growth. In South Africa as well as internationally, ...
  • Assessment of skeletal changes after post-mortem exposure to fire as an indicator of decomposition stage 
    Keough, Natalie; L'Abbe, Ericka Noelle; Steyn, M.; Pretorius, S. (Elsevier, 2015-01)
    Forensic anthropologists are tasked with interpreting the sequence of events from death to the discovery of a body. Burned bone often evokes questions as to the timing of burning events. The purpose of this study was to ...
  • Assessment of the repeatability of pubic and ischial measurements 
    Steyn, Maryna; Becker, Piet J.; L’Abbé, Ericka Noelle; Scholtz, Yvette; Myburgh, Y. (Elsevier Ireland Ltd, 2011-08)
    Forensic anthropologists frequently use measurements of the human skeleton to determine sex and ancestry. Since the establishment of the Daubert criteria of admissibility of scientific evidence to court, methodologies ...
  • Automatic landmarking as a convenient prerequisite for geometric morphometrics : validation on cone beam computed tomography (CBCT)- based shape analysis of the nasal complex 
    Ridel, Alison F.; Demeter, F.; Galland, M.; L'Abbe, Ericka Noelle; Vandermeulen, Dirk; Oettle, Anna Catherina (Elsevier, 2020-01)
    Manual landmarking is used in several manual and semi-automated prediction guidelines for approximation of the nose. The manual placement of landmarks may, however, render the analysis less repeatable due to observer ...
  • Chemical analysis : a tool for differentiation between human and nonhuman bones 
    Brits, D.M. (Desire Marguerita); Steyn, Maryna; L'Abbe, Ericka Noelle (2008-09-29)
    Forensic anthropologists play an important role in the identification or exclusion of human remains recovered amongst animal remains and environmental ruins. Accurate separation techniques are needed as small animal bone ...
  • A description of iron age skeletons from the Pilanesberg National Park, South Africa 
    L'Abbe, Ericka Noelle; Coetzee, Francois P.; Loots, Marius (South African Archaeological Society, 2008)
    Thirteen skeletons were excavated in the Pilanesberg National Park and represent a relatively large collection of Iron Age remains from a single location. The aim of this paper is to describe these remains by examining age ...
  • Estimating sex among South African groups using the dentition 
    Shakoane, Goodness P.; Dussault, Marie Christine; L'Abbe, Ericka Noelle (Elsevier, 2021-11)
    this process as other aspects of the biological profile such as age-at-death, population affinity and stature depend on accurate sex estimates. While the pelvis and long bones, respectively, take preference over the ...
  • Estimating the postmortem interval (PMI) using accumulated degree-days (ADD) in a temperate region of South Africa 
    Myburgh, Jolandie; L'Abbe, Ericka Noelle; Steyn, Maryna; Becker, Piet J. (Elsevier, 2013-06)
    The validity of the method in which total body score (TBS) and accumulated degree-days (ADD) are used to estimate the postmortem interval (PMI) is examined. TBS and ADD were recorded for 232 days in northern South Africa, ...
  • Evaluating postcranial macromorphoscopic traits to estimate population variation among modern South Africans 
    Bothma, Nomshado Pearl; L'Abbe, Ericka Noelle; Liebenberg, Leandi (Elsevier, 2024-03)
    Population overlap and the variation within and among populations have been globally observed but is often difficult to quantify. To achieve this, numerous different methods need to be explored and validated to assist with ...
  • Evaluating standard non-metric cranial traits used to determine ancestry on a South African sample 
    L'Abbe, Ericka Noelle; Van Rooyen, Carla (2008-09-29)
    The identification of human skeletal remains begins with the construction of a biological profile of an unknown individual, and includes an assessment of the age, sex, ancestry, and stature. This biological profile originated ...
  • An evaluation of nasal bone and aperture shape among three South African populations 
    McDowell, Jennifer Leigh; Kenyhercz, Michael W.; L'Abbe, Ericka Noelle (Elsevier, 2015-06)
    Reliable and valid population specific standards are necessary to accurately develop a biological profile, which includes an estimation of peer-reported social identification (Hefner, 2009). During the last 300 ...
  • An evaluation of non-metric cranial traits used to estimate ancestry in a South African sample 
    L'Abbe, Ericka Noelle; Van Rooyen, Carla; Nawrocki, S.J.; Becker, Piet J. (Elsevier, 2011-04)
    Establishing ancestry from a skeleton for forensic purposes has been shown to be difficult. The purpose of this paper is to address the application of thirteen non-metric traits to estimate ancestry in three South African ...
  • Evidence of fatal skeletal injuries on Malapa Hominins 1 and 2 
    L'Abbe, Ericka Noelle; Symes, Steven A.; Pokines, James T.; Cabo, Luis L.; Stull, Kyra Elizabeth; Kuo, Sharon; Raymond, David E.; Randolph-Quinney, Patrick S.; Berger, Lee R. (Nature Publishing Group, 2015-10-13)
    Malapa is one of the richest early hominin sites in Africa and the discovery site of the hominin species, Australopithecus sediba. The holotype and paratype (Malapa Hominin 1 and 2, or MH1 and MH2, respectively) skeletons ...
  • A histomorphological analysis of human and non-human femora 
    Brits, D.M. (Desire Marguerita); Steyn, Maryna; L'Abbe, Ericka Noelle (Springer, 2014-03)
    Histology is used to describe post-mortem bone alterations, trauma, pathology, age estimation and to separate human and nonhuman bones. Many scholars are however not familiar with the intricate and variable microstructure ...
  • Hominin cranial fragments from Milner Hall, Sterkfontein, South Africa 
    Beaudet, Amelie; Heaton, Jason L.; L'Abbe, Ericka Noelle; Pickering, Travis R.; Stratford, Dominic (South African Society for Animal Science, 2018-11-27)
    The Sterkfontein Caves site is one of the richest early hominin localities in Africa. In addition to significant fossil assemblages from Members 2 and 4 of the Sterkfontein Formation, recent excavations have revealed ...
  • Human evolution in the South African school curriculum 
    Sutherland, Clarisa; L'Abbe, Ericka Noelle (Academy of Science of South African, 2019-07)
    A decade after the introduction of the topic into the South African public school curriculum, the theory of evolution by natural selection is poorly understood among those who teach it, and that flawed understanding is ...