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I don't understand what you mean. How would you verify the age of a person outside of official documents?
by cleverjake 14y ago
I don't understand what you mean. How would you verify the age of a person outside of official documents?
- jewel 14y agoI imagine you could do a rough verification via medical means. From what I understand there isn't a perfect method to determine the age of a person other than looking at the wear on teeth and bones, but that might be enough to expose a fraud.
- monsterix 14y agoLike continue to use the denial card for publicity? I thought so.
- hartror 14y agoWe have well documented progressions in physiology for age estimates of younger people[1]. Though these are quite inaccurate, as recent cases of Indonesian child sailors jailed in Australia as adults have shown. I would think the uncertainty would only grow with age as different lifestyles wear bodies in drastically different ways. [1] bones and teeth change throughout childhood and into early adulthood as a normal part of growth.
- monsterix 14y agoHmm a quick search showed that one cannot easily determine age using genetics [1]. Although the article is from 2004 it would be really interesting to know what the options are in 2013. Answers 24andme? [1] http://genetics.thetech.org/ask/ask8 http://genetics.thetech.org/ask/ask8
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- fallous 14y agoObviously the solution is to cut off an appendage and count the growth rings.