Estimation of age from the fusion of body of sternum in central India Indore region (M.P.)

Abstract

Age determination from unknown human skeletal remains or decomposed bodies is an important initial step in forensic investigation. Accurate determination of skeletal age has been a critical issue in medicolegal cases and the accuracy depends on the nature of material available and the methods applied. Sternum is a bone which is easily retrievable even from the advanced decomposed body and also from the bundle of bones, so it becomes a very important bone for age and sex determination in the advanced stage of decomposition and from mutilated, fragmented bodies.