On Racial Differences in Stature Long Bone Regression Formulae, with Special Reference to Stature Reconstruction Formulae for the Chinese

Stevenson, Paul

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“…D u pertuis and H a d d en [1951] suggest two or more long bones for stature calculation, leg bones being better than arm bones. Breitinger [1937] worked on Germans, T elkk a [1950,1951] worked on Finns, M endes-C orrea [1932] worked on Portuguese, and Stevenson [1929] worked on Chinese male bones.…”

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Stature estimation from femur and humerus by regression and autometry

Kate¹,

Mujumdar²

1976

Cells Tissues Organs

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Estimation of stature from a single extremity bone is a common forensic practice and many regression equations are given by various workers. In India, Pearson’s formula is the most commonly used method to determine the height. These regression equations were subjected to verification on 194 (97 pairs) femora and 102 (51 pairs) humeri from India. It was seen that the Pearsonian formulae did not give exact results. The regression formulae differed statistically in both sexes in femur and humerus. These are calculated and given. This finding once again proves the necessity of having norms or formulae for the specific groups, when reliable results are required. In addition, the proportion between humerus length and femur length is also verified. This has evolutionary significance. In addition to the usual method as above, a method of the proportion these bones individually bear to the stature of the same person to which the bones belong is worked out both as a multiplication factor and percentage proportion to the body stature. It has been amply demonstrated and concluded that this method be called ‘autometry’ and further that this seems to be more reliable method than the tedious yet variable and unreliable results the various formulae give. This autometry seems to have a consistency, being constant in both sexes and all races, thus evolving a ‘human race autometry’.

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Stature estimation from femur and humerus by regression and autometry

Kate¹,

Mujumdar²

1976

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“…Table 6.3 gives the difference in stature estimation based on comparisons between humeral and femoral lengths, and that based on comparisons between femoral and tibial lengths. In terms of humeralfemoral comparisons Stevenson (1929) andFijii's (1960) formulae show the smallest differences. Examining estimates based on femoral and tibial lengths, Sangvichien et al's (1985) equations provide the smallest differences, more so even than the humeral-femoral comparisons, and are deemed the most appropriate functions for estimating Man Bac stature from the tibia and femur.…”

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“…There is little sexual dimorphism in either index (brachial: males 81.6 females 78.1, crural: males 85.5, females 83.9). Difference of stature estimation based on comparisons between humeral and femoral lengths Stevenson (1929) 4. Mean stature difference (humerus -femur' 2 6 3 9 2 8…”

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“…Due to the lack of an ancient Vietnamese-specific set of stature regression functions, stature was estimated using a range of published methods: Stevenson (1929) derived from a northern Chinese sample; Trotter and Gleser (1958) derived from Asian Americans; Mo (1983) from a southern Chinese series; Fujii (1960) from a Japanese sample; Sangvichien et al (1985) using a Thai/Chinese sample and Sjøvold's (1990) generic functions. Among these, only Fujii and Sangvichien et al provided sex specific equations.…”

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Man Bac (Terra Australis 33): The Excavation of a Neolithic Site in Northern Vietnam

Oxenham

Matsumura

Nguyen³

2011

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terra australis 33Terra Australis reports the results of archaeological and related research within the south and east of Asia, though mainly Australia, New Guinea and island Melanesia -lands that remained terra australis incognita to generations of prehistorians. Its subject is the settlement of the diverse environments in this isolated quarter of the globe by peoples who have maintained their discrete and traditional ways of life into the recent recorded or remembered past and at times into the observable present.Since the beginning of the series, the basic colour on the spine and cover has distinguished the regional distribution of topics as follows: ochre for Australia, green for New Guinea, red for South-East Asia and blue for the Pacific Islands. From 2001, issues with a gold spine will include conference proceedings, edited papers and monographs which in topic or desired format do not fit easily within the original arrangements. All volumes are numbered within the same series.

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“…Thus, 29 regression formulae were applied on femoral length. Most of these equations yield living stature, but some give corpse length (DUPERTUIS & HADDEN, 1951;GENOVÉS, 1967;STEVENSON, 1929;TELKKÄ, 1950). From the latter estimates, as recommended by TROTTER and GLESER (1952, p. 492), 2.5 cm were subtracted for comparison.…”

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Length estimate for KNM-ER 736, a hominid femur from the lower pleistocene of East Africa

Geissmann¹

1986

Hum. Evol.

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On Racial Differences in Stature Long Bone Regression Formulae, with Special Reference to Stature Reconstruction Formulae for the Chinese

Cited by 25 publications

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Stature estimation from femur and humerus by regression and autometry

Stature estimation from femur and humerus by regression and autometry

Man Bac (Terra Australis 33): The Excavation of a Neolithic Site in Northern Vietnam

Length estimate for KNM-ER 736, a hominid femur from the lower pleistocene of East Africa

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