IJFANS International Journal of Food and Nutritional Sciences

ISSN PRINT 2319 1775 Online 2320-7876

ASSIST LAW ENFORCEMENT IN POSITIVELY IDENTIFYING UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN REMAINS

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Rajesh R Vijay, Vimal Modi,

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The primary goal of anthropometry in forensic science is to assist law enforcement in positively identifying unidentified human remains. It becomes difficult to identify the deceased when their remains are severely decayed and damaged, rendering regular measures ineffective. Estimating height, along with other variables like age, sex, and race (the "Big four" of forensic anthropology), becomes crucial in these kinds of cases. A number of techniques may be used for this purpose, such as DNA fingerprinting, postmortem reports, sex determination, dactyloscopy, handwriting analysis, lip prints, blood group distinction, facial asymmetry, and fingerprints. Morphometry and anthropometry may also be used to evaluate it. When assessing a person's dimensions, build, and proportions, morphometry is the gold standard since it is non-invasive, cheap, and widely used. The scientific study of human anatomy, including size and form, is known as anthropometry, a subfield of morphometry. As far back as 1882, it was being used in forensic science. Muslim men in Indore may be best measured by BOW, a face characteristic that correlates well with height. Among Muslim women in Indore, there was no correlation between any one face characteristic and height. TFH was shown to be the most reliable indicator for predicting height in Indore's Christian men. In Christian girls, TFH had the strongest association with height. Men and women of Indore's Hindu, Muslim, and Christian populations all have mean assessed height values that are quite close to their actual stature

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