Age estimation in unknown adult skeletons remains a considerable problem in forensic anthropology. In 1992, Lamendin et al. published a non-destructive method of age estimation on single rooted teeth. With this method, periodontosis and root transparency are judged against root height, and these are then used in regression formulae to estimate age. The aim of this study was to test the accuracy...

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Studies of time-since-death (TSD) with respect to decomposition processes have been limited in scope. Most research has focused on qualitative descriptions of decomposition, which are too broad to be of use in recent death investigations. This study developed a degree of decomposition index (DDI) by quantifying stages of decomposition for individual body elements. Two Sus scrofa (White hybrid p...

Three-dimensional(3D) scanning and printing technologies has proved to be a boon revolutionized Indian society in recent years. 3D is slowly gaining popularity the fields of forensics due its capability provide information all three axis (x, y z) when compared 2D photographs.The technology actively being used forensic medicine, anthropology, ballistics odontology.3D allows better visualisation,...

To the Editor: Since the first sequencing of the complete humanmtDNA genome, both the sequencing techniques and the quality of commercial kits have improved greatly. This has led to a growing number of reports for complete mtDNA sequences from the fields of molecular anthropology, medical genetics, and forensic science; and there are now over 6700 complete or near-complete mtDNA sequences avail...

Nasal anthropometry can be employed in identification of the race and sex of individuals whose identity cannot be ascertained since the normal nose morphology is dependent on ethnic, gender and environmental influences.This study is aimed at deriving normal standard values for the Nasal Index (NI) in adults of the Bekwara ethnic group in Cross River state of SouthSouth Nigeria. One hundred (100...

BACKGROUND Establishing personal identity is one of the main concerns in forensic investigations. Estimation of stature forms a basic domain of the investigation process in unknown and co-mingled human remains in forensic anthropology case work. The objective of the present study was to set up standards for estimation of stature from the foot and its segments in a sub-adult female population. ...

This study presents the results of the analysis of at least 298 predominantly male individuals, between 15 and 75 years, who were recovered from an open cast mine in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Particular attention is paid to identifying the mechanisms of injury and determination of the most probable cause of death based on the assessment of lethal or lethal-if-untreated injuries recorded in the skelet...

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BACKGROUND Cranial capacity is used as a measure of brain volume and has a relationship with age and gender. The purpose of this study was to provide normative data and population-, age- and gender-specific regression formulae related to cranial capacity using head dimensions among the Ukwuani people of Nigeria. METHODS This study included 605 subjects grouped according to age as follows: 6-1...