# Deciphering the Morphological Correlation Between Stature and External Ear: An investigative approach in the field of Forensic Science

## TL;DR

This study explores how ear measurements can help estimate a person's height for forensic investigations when other body parts are missing.

## Contribution

The study introduces the external ear as a new potential tool for stature estimation in forensic anthropology.

## Key findings

- All ear dimensions showed a positive correlation with stature in male individuals.
- Left ear length was the most significant predictor of stature (p<0.001).
- External auricular morphometry can serve as an additional forensic tool for height estimation.

## Abstract

Abstract: Forensic anthropology is the study of skeletal remains for the identification of individuals and anthropology deals with study of human. Many research has been conducted to estimate stature from different body parts like foot, extremities, hand, vertebrae etc. In some cases, finding all body parts and bones in whole will be difficult in the crime scene for forensic examination. In such cases it becomes necessary to use other region such as the head and facial region for the estimation of height. Determination of height is an important in forensic examination for identification of the individual. This study was done to find the correlation between the stature and the morphological variations of the external auricular region for the estimation of stature for the purpose of forensic investigation. The study was conducted on 385 male individuals, total of 4 ear parameters were measured from both the ears using the digital caliper. The data was analyzed using Jamovi version 2.4.11. The result showed that there was positive correlation between all the dimensions with stature. The linear regression was done to find the statically significant difference between the stature and the parameters and it was found that the most predicted variable in males is the left ear length(p<0.001). This study concludes that the external auricular morphometry can be as an additional tool for the estimation of stature in the forensic investigation.