Abstract
Sex Determination from Toeless Footprint Among Ibans, An Indiginenious Ethnic Group in Malaysian Borneo
Highlights
Complex physical patterns are formed by the ridged skin on the fingers, palms of the hands and soles of the feet and toes
Gender difference in footprint ridge density becomes relevant during crime scene investigation
The present result findings showed that the footprint ridge density of males is lesser than females in all regions and this finding is in accordance with the previous research findings in other populations
Summary
Complex physical patterns are formed by the ridged skin on the fingers, palms of the hands and soles of the feet and toes. Friction ridge density refers to the number of ridges in a defined area on a print or mark and is influenced by ridges in a defined area on a print and is influenced by ridge width and the distances between ridges [6] Anthropologists have presented their result findings in sex variation in the ridge densities of fingerprints [7,8], palm prints [9] and footprints [10]. In most of the countries, no footprint database was available in forensic and police departments and the investigator has the only choice of comparing the crime scene footprint with potential suspects. In this aspect, gender difference in footprint ridge density becomes relevant during crime scene investigation. The present study was aimed to investigate the gender difference in toeless footprints in Iban population
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