Estimation of stature from hand and phalange length

Personal identification is an integral part of the investigation in cases of mass disasters where disintegrated and amputated body organs are found very frequently. Plastic and latent fingerprints and palm prints are also available very commonly at most of the scene of crime. Estimating stature from various parameters based on the above mentioned evidences becomes one of the most important and essential exercise for personal identification. In present paper, study on stature estimation from hand and phalanges length has been reported.

Stature and phalanges length of all the fingers of both the hands of 60 individuals have been measured. The inked palm prints were also obtained and the same measurements were recorded from it also. The regression equations have been drawn from the data collected. It has been observed that stature can be estimated from the phalangeal lengths.