Accurate estimates of stature play an important role in the personal identification of unknown
decedents, however a drawback in the application of many stature estimation equations is …

Objectives The aim of the study was to investigate the intergenerational changes of upper
and lower limb lengths as well as the values of the upper, lower limb, and intermembral …

Background Previous studies of secular change in cranial size among black South Africans
have produced conflicting results. Aim We re-examined cranial size change in this …

Abstract The Medieval-Post-Medieval transition in England was an important shift in the
human biocultural environment. With urbanization and industrialization came resultant …

One of the main steps in the identification of an unknown person, from their skeletal remains,
is the estimation of stature. Measurements of intact long bones of the upper and lower …

It is widely accepted that living stature (LS) is most accurately estimated when using the
anatomical method, however, recent research has questioned the accuracies of the soft …

Stature estimations from regression formulae are used by forensic anthropologists in
constructing a biological profile from unidentified human remains. Regression formulae are …

Craniofacial morphology varies between populations and can be used to assess population
history. As very little information is available regarding craniofacial morphology from living …

Mpeta et al. 1 recently published a paper in which they used secular trends in stature of
South Africans to make inferences about living standards. The use of documentation of living …

The estimation of maximum bone length from its fragments is important in forensic
anthropology as these length estimates can be used to estimate the total skeletal height …