The Ability to Determine the Length of the Human Body by the Parameters of the Skull

Authors: Ibragimov ASh*

DOI: 10.23880/ijfsc-16000259

Volume 7, Issue 2

Abstract

The aim of the work was to study the possibility of determining the length of the human body by the size of his skull. The material for the study was a craniological series of Azerbaijani skulls in the amount of 120 (70 male, 50 female) from the museum collection of the Person of Public Law Association "Forensic Medical Examination and Pathological Anatomy" of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Azerbaijan. For each skull, the body length of the individual to whom it belonged was known. 120 craniometric features were studied on each skull (80 features were taken from standard craniometric programs, 40 were proposed by us). The database of craniometric parameters and body length was subjected to statistical analysis. Based on the results of correlation and regression analysis, 71 multiple linear regression equations (34 for men; 37 for women) were implemented to predict the length of a human body based on the parameters of his skull. Most of the developed equations have the value of the standard error of the forecast + 4-5cm and, in certain practical situations, can be used in personality identification examinations. In this article, we have presented 12 equations of the total number of equations developed by us

Keywords: Craniometric parameters; Height determination; Regression equations; Person identification; Persons missing in war

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