Abstract

Identification of human or nonhuman origin in skeletal remains is vital in assisting the police and investigating officers, and it can be difficult in fragmented remains. About 25–30% of medicolegal cases involving nonhuman skeletal remains have been mistaken for human (Bass, 1995). Literature showed that histomorphometric differentiation between human and nonhuman bone was lacking, and needs further research. The objective of this study was to differentiate between human and nonhuman (mammal) long bone by using a histomorphometric method. Some 64 human bones and 65 animal bones were collected from the mortuary of the UKMMC (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre) and the zoos in Malaysia, respectively. A standardised method modified from Caropresso (2000) was used to produce bone thin sections. Assessments were made on ten microstructuralparameters using image analysis. Discriminant function analysis showed correct classification rates for 81.4% of cases, with identification accuracy of 96.9% for human and 66.2% for animal (p

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