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Csapó, J., Bernert, Zs. , Csapó, Zs. , Pohn, G. , Csapó-Kiss, Zs. , Költő, L. , Szikossy, I. ; Némethy, S.: Introduction of amino acid racemisation based age estimation into paleoanthropological [sic] research

an Avar period cemetery. An extremely close link was found between ages estimated by anthropological methods and those produced by our method. We declared this close correlation of chemical - amino acid racemisation based - and anthropologically estimated ages. We arrived at the conclusion that D- and L-aspartic acid analysed by our method was a suitable tool for the estimation of the age of any individual. What was more D- and L-glutamic acid was also proven to be suitable for the same purpose if the necessary level of sensitivity was available in the analytical technique utilised. The reliability of the estimation method could be imFig. 2. Linear regression between the age of life of the individuals and the D/L glutamic acid ratio of their teeth