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  • Title: [A case of considerable incongruence between the expected and actual height of an individual, who was identified with methods of super-projection and comparative testing of DNA].
    Author: Kempińska A, Szydłowski L.
    Journal: Arch Med Sadowej Kryminol; 2005; 55(1):22-4. PubMed ID: 15984115.
    Abstract:
    Anthropology is used, among others, in forensic medicine for identification of skeletal remains. The case we would like to introduce concerns the remains of an unknown man, which were subjected to identification tests in anthropological laboratory of the Forensic Medicine Department PAM. Anthropological analysis let us define the basic distinctive features, on the basis of which police selected an individual, whose features corresponded with the collected data. To confirm identity we used the super-projection method. We obtained the superposition of the estimation craniometric and cephalometric points which were suitable for, which was absolutely sufficient to regard the super-projection as successful. Comparing anthropometric features of the unknown man and appointed individual we noted considerable differences in height values. Comparative research of DNA, however, confirmed the individual's identity.
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