Geissmann T
Folia Primatol (Basel). 1986;47(2-3):119-27. doi: 10.1159/000156269.
Regression equations for the estimation of stature from long bones, although derived from modern human populations, are frequently applied to early hominids. In fact, some of these equations have even been recommended or especially created to be applied to Australopithecus remains. In this study, 45 sets of regression and correlation formulae, recurrent in anthropological and medico-legal literature, are applied to long bones of the Pliocene hominid A.L.288-1 ('Lucy'), in order to assess which, if any, could be considered suitable for stature reconstruction in 'gracile' australopithecines. Virtually every method based on regression equations overestimates stature as compared with the estimate based on reconstruction of all the preserved skeletal parts. In addition, most methods failed to give consistent results with data from different limb segments. None of the sets of regression formulae tested here can be recommended as a reliable means of stature estimation in 'gracile' australopithecines.
用于根据长骨估算身高的回归方程，尽管源自现代人类群体，但经常被应用于早期原始人类。事实上，其中一些方程甚至被推荐或专门创建用于南方古猿遗骸。在本研究中，将人类学和法医学文献中经常出现的45组回归和相关公式应用于上新世原始人类A.L.288 - 1（“露西”）的长骨，以评估哪些（如果有的话）可被认为适用于“纤细型”南方古猿的身高重建。与基于所有保存的骨骼部分重建的估计相比，几乎每种基于回归方程的方法都高估了身高。此外，大多数方法对于来自不同肢体节段的数据未能给出一致的结果。这里测试的任何一组回归公式都不能被推荐作为“纤细型”南方古猿身高估计的可靠方法。
