Stature Estimation - Robert Ly | Library

1

One of the male skeletons found in Gorman that you read about at the beginning of the chapter had a humerus 34.9 cm long. Approximately how tall would that person have been?
_______ ±7.5 cm (round to 2 decimal places)

1

The body found in the sewer system that you read about in the beginning of the chapter was found to have a tibia 34.8 cm in length. What would the approximate height be if the body were female? If it were male?

_______ ±7.5 cm (female; 2 decimal places)

_______ ±7.5 cm (male; 2 decimal places)

0

Using your own height (in centimeters), what would you expect the length of your femur to be?
_______ (round to 2 decimal places)

4

Approach the skeleton in your class (Vlad) and politely request to measure its long bones. Calculate the height for a male. 

Round all measurements to the nearest centimeter, and all calculations to 2 decimal places.

femur's length_______; height calculated using femur _______ ±7.5 cm 
tibia's length_______; height calculated using tibia_______ ±7.5 cm
humerus' length_______; height calculated using humerus _______ ±7.5 cm
radius' length_______; height calculated using radius _______ ±7.5 cm

4

Using the same bones from question 4, calculate the approximate height, assuming the skeleton is female.

Round all measurements to the nearest centimeter, and all calculations to 2 decimal places.

femur's length_______; height calculated using femur _______ ±7.5 cm 
tibia's length_______; height calculated using tibia_______ ±7.5 cm
humerus' length_______; height calculated using humerus _______ ±7.5 cm
radius' length_______; height calculated using radius _______ ±7.5 cm

1

Finally, measure the true height of the skeleton. Which of the long bones helped to approximate the actual height most closely?

2

American male with Asian ancestry

name of bone? _______ 

length of bone? _______ cm (round to nearest cm)

approximate stature? _______ ± _______ cm (round to 2 decimal places in your answer)

2

unknown sex + European ancestry

name of bone? _______ 

length of bone? _______ cm (round to nearest cm)

approximate stature? _______ ± _______ cm (round to 2 decimal places in your answer)

2

American female with African ancestry

name of bone? _______ 

length of bone? _______ cm (round to nearest cm)

approximate stature? _______ ± _______ cm (round to 2 decimal places in your answer)

2

American male with European ancestry

name of bone? _______ 

length of bone? _______ cm (round to nearest cm)

approximate stature? _______ ± _______ cm (round to 2 decimal places in your answer)

2

American female with European ancestry

name of bone? _______ 

length of bone? _______ cm (round to nearest cm)

approximate stature? _______ ± _______ cm (round to 2 decimal places in your answer)

2

American male with African ancestry

name of bone? _______ 

length of bone? _______ cm (round to nearest cm)

approximate stature? _______ ± _______ cm (round to 2 decimal places in your answer)

2

American male with Asian ancestry

name of bone? _______ 

length of bone? _______ cm (round to nearest cm)

approximate stature? _______ cm (round to 2 decimal places in your answer)

2

Unknown sex and unknown ethnicity
name of bone? _______ 

length of bone? _______ cm (round to nearest cm)

approximate stature? _______ ± _______ cm (round to 2 decimal places in your answer)

2

Unknown sex and European ancestry

name of bone? _______ 

length of bone? _______ cm (round to nearest cm)

approximate stature? _______ ± _______ cm (round to 2 decimal places in your answer)