身高推断的法医人类学研究进展

身高属于个体识别的重要指标之一,历来是法医人类学研究的重点和热点。近几年国内外对于身高推断的研究又有新进展。笔者主要对近六年来国内外学术界发表的相关文献进行查阅,并精选具有代表性的文献进行综述,发现主要有以下新的研究进展和趋势:(1)随着人类平均身高的不断增长,原有身高推断方程有不断更新修正的需要;(2)性别、年龄、人种、地域等因素对身高推断影响大,设计实验研究方案时应考虑加入上述因素;(3)医学影像学技术,特别是CT技术成为近年来法医人类学身高推断研究的新方法。

Advances in the research on the stature estimation of forensic anthropology

Stature is one of the important criteria to individual recognition. And it is always a focus in forensic anthropology. There are some new progresses studies in stature estimation in recent years. We review some studies in stature estimation published in domestic and foreign in the past six years, and find some progresses in stature estimation: (1) As the increasing average human stature, the stature estimation equation is needed to be corrected; (2) Gender, age, race and territory have a great influence to stature estimation. Thus when the study protocol designed, these influences should be considered; (3)The medical imaging technology, especially Computed Tomography, is becoming a new tool to infer stature estimation in forensic anthropology.