Abstract: Proximal and middle phalanges of male adult Southern Chinese skeletons with statures Tecorded before death were measured.
The author calculated the coefficients of correlation and regression formulas between the stature and the average lengths of proximal and middle phalanges of middle finger of both sides. The coefficient of correlation and regression formula between the stature and the sum of average length of these two phalanges were calculated. The coefficients of multiple regression formula between the average length o￡ proximal and middle phalanges of both sides and stature were calculated also. All of these formulas were checked on 50 specimens.
The results show that the estimation of statute from proximal and middle phalanges appears as reliable as from other long bones. The estimation of stature by the regression formulae based on single phalanx is as accurate as by the multiple regression formula based on two phalanges.

Key words: Phalanx of middle finger; Stature; Regression equation