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Forensic anthropology, as a sub-discipline of applied physical anthropology, since its inception has contributed immensely in crime scene investigations especially in identification of unknown skeletal material. It is established through numerous studies that long limbs bones have a definite relationship with stature of an individual and thus the length of a long bone could be used to predict the stature. Keeping this in view it is hypothesized that the linear, transverse, sagittal and circumferential dimensions of a long bone should also have a positive relationship with bone length almost...

Forensic anthropology, an applied discipline, is a branch of physical anthropology, it interacts with other disciplines pertaining to the understanding of crime and its investigation. Stature is a descriptive characteristic of an individual, which, after his death in forensic situation, can contribute importantly to his identification. It is possible to estimate, the probable stature of the deceased by assuming that the length of long bones represent a certaln proportion of the total height. The multiplication factors and regression equations were formulated for the stature estimation of...