Footprints can tell about body size

Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, February 15

A research conducted by Dr Kewal Krishan, Associate Professor and former chairperson of department of anthropology, Panjab University, and his student, Dr Richa Mukhra, has shown that the footprints may give clues about the body size of a person.

Dr Richa has recently been awarded a PhD on the basis of this research conducted under the guidance of Dr Krishan. Now, it has been well established that footprints and the related evidence recovered from the scene of a crime may help investigating agencies and the police to nab the perpetrators.

In this research, Dr Krishan and Dr Richa have established a relationship between the body mass index (BMI) and the footprints of a person. The findings suggest that the BMI of an individual is directly related to the making of a footprint on the floor.