Stature Estimation

Last updated 10 months ago

15 questions

Height Estimation Practice Problems

Bone walkaround

Stature Estimation

Last updated 10 months ago

15 questions

Height Estimation Practice Problems

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)

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)

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

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

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

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

Bone walkaround

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)