Browsing by Subject "Stature estimation"
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The accuracy of the anatomical method for stature estimation in Black South African females
( Elsevier , 2017 , Article)The anatomical method is considered the most accurate stature estimation method, but investigation has shown that it continuously underestimates stature. This underestimation is believed to be related to the use of universal ... -
Assessing the use of the anatomical method for the estimation of sub-adult stature in Black South Africans
( Elsevier , 2018 , Article)Stature estimation is rarely attempted in sub-adults due to the general lack of available standards as a result of the dearth of sufficiently large sub-adult skeletal collections with known demographic information. To ... -
Forensic utility of cranial measurements in stature reconstruction in South Africans of European descent.
( E Schweizerbart Science Publishers , 2020 , Article)The height of an individual (stature) is one of the biological profiles that is estimated as part of human identification process from various components of the human skeleton. The anatomical method is often used for this ... -
Stature estimation from the femur and tibia in Black South African sub-adults
( Elsevier , 2017 , Article)Stature estimation can play a role in the positive identification of unknown individuals and as such it is routinely assessed during the examination of adult remains. Unfortunately, this is not a standard procedure when ... -
Using tibial fragments to reconstruct the total skeletal height of black South Africans
( Elsevier , 2019 , Article)Stature is an important component of the biological profile of unknown skeletal remains and regression equations for estimating stature have been derived for a number of bones. However, bones are rarely recovered intact ...