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The epiphyseal union is
considered as the secondary bone ossification in adolescent and known to be the
primary means of age estimation of sub adult post-cranial remains. The
epiphyseal union is known as the most reliable for various age indicators in
determination of skeleton. These are numerous factors which influence the
epiphyseal union like puberty as it is associated with the earlier secretion of
estrogen and their effects are moreover to increase the maturation of bone,
malnutrition as direct association put forward that extremely poor who have
less food to eat will be malnourished. The epiphyseal union is described in
three stages i.e. Stage 1 Non Fusion, Stage 2 Partial fusion of less than 50% and
Stage 3 Greater than 50% fusion. The study used for South African children and
the standard set for them. It entirely define on the basis of the forensic
application used for it and to implement for the searching of lost children and
age estimation which the help of bone.
