MAterIAl And MethOds

IntrOductIOn The four parameters i.e., stature evaluation, age estimation, sex determination and population affiliation have been considered as the “Big Fours” of forensic anthropology. Various studies have been conducted and some are in progress in many parts of the world in this regards. Although a number of studies have been conducted in the last century or so, with regards to sexual dimorphism and stature estimation, a majority of them have focused their attention on them by using different bony components of the body. Very few researchers like Umar et al.,[1] Heideri et al., [2], Ghosh and Malik [3], Jahanshahi et al.,[4] Ngeow and Aljunid [5,6] and Raji et al.,[7] have worked on the craniofacial anthropometrics.