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Indian Journal of Research in Anthropology

Volume  4, Issue 1, Jan-Jun 2018, Pages 13-16
 

Original Article

Estimation of Stature from Cephalo-facial Measurements in Adult Nepali Females of Kurseong

Debashis Bhattacharjee, Jyoti Ratan Ghosh

1M.Sc Student, 2Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan – 731235, West Bengal, India.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijra.2454.9118.4118.2

Abstract

  Estimation of stature is one of the most important aspects in forensic investigation for personal identification.  The objective of the present study was to derive regression equations to estimate stature from different cephalofacial measurements in adult Nepali females. The sample for the study constituted one hundred and eight adult females from Kurseong of Darjeeling district, India. The age range of the participants was between 18 to 46 years. Anthropometric measurements include stature (ST) and five cephalo-facial measurements namely head length (HL), head breadth (HB), head circumference (HC), morphological facial height (MFH) and bizygomatic breadth (BB). The mean age of the studied population was 35.36 (SD, 8.57) years. Results of the Pearson’s correlation coefficient of stature with different cephalo-facial measurements revealed that all cephalo-facial measurements were positively correlated with stature. Results of the linear regression analysis revealed that BBgives the most accurate estimation of stature by linear regression analysis. 


Keywords : Cephalo-Facial; BizygomaticBreadth; Stature; Forensic Anthropology.
Corresponding Author : Jyoti Ratan Ghosh, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan – 731235, West Bengal, India.