Estimation of stature from extremities

Estimation of stature from dismembered body parts assumes great significance and interest in the field of forensic anthropology. Stature prediction will be more accurate, when we use combination of any hand length and foot length, for calculation by regression formulas. In the present study, an attempt has been made to estimate the stature of an adult individual of either sex not only from hand length, foot length but also from a variety of combination of both hand and foot lengths of either sides. In this study multiplication factors also have been derived to estimate stature from hand length and foot length for both sexes. Details given in this book are very useful for students of forensic anthropology and for the faculties dealing with autopsies.