Sironi E Vuille J Morling N Taroni F 2017 Forensic age estimation, a branch of forensic science, has received renewed attention lately mainly due to societal migration phenomena. And yet, the interpretation of age-related evidence is still largely neglected as a field, the literature being usually limited to technical discussions strictly pertaining to the statistical methodologies to be used in estimation process. This short communication aims to highlight the fundamental role of evidence evaluation and interpretation in forensic age estimation. We illustrate why the Bayesian approach represents the best choice in such a perspective. https://sonar.ch/global/documents/106291 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.forsciint.2017.11.007 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/29162298 Forensic science international. - 2017 Bayesian approach Evidence interpretation Forensic age estimation Inductive reasoning Age Determination by Skeleton Age Determination by Teeth Bayes Theorem Forensic Sciences Humans Likelihood Functions On the Bayesian approach to forensic age estimation of living individuals. http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501