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THE SOMERTON MAN CASE...
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;;;Read how this 5 year scientific study of 63375 males and 1375 females proves that the ratio of head height to full height is 1:8 thus proving that Carl Webb cannot be the Somerton Man...
The Vitruvian Man shown above was drawn by Leonardo da Vinci and it was based on the work of Vitruvius 20 BCE, who was the author of De Architectura a 10-volume work with the third volume focusing on body proportions or, as in the case of our recent posts, on ratios.
da Vinci created the Golden Ratio, 1.618 or 'PHI'. Each part of the body in this scheme, the height of the head, for example, is related to the full height of a body in a ratio of 1.618.
A SCIENTIFIC STUDY
A study occurred between 2011 and 2016 at a US Air Force base in San Antonio, Texas and using a 3D body scanner, it measured 63,623 men and 1385 women between the ages of 18 and 21, it was named:
Revisiting Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man Using Contemporary Measurements
The study was created by leading academics and, using a 3D body scanner it compared ideal body proportions represented by Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man with contemporary body proportions of young adult men and women, USAF recruits.
The full results are available by the link below, for this post, we will look at one important find. The study found that the ratio between a man's head height and his full height was 1:8. This is the ratio used on this blog to establish that Carl Webb was 5 feet 8 inches tall. Furthermore, the height of the Somerton Man was similarly calculated and he was found to be 1803.2 mm tall or 5 feet 11 inches. Carl Webb was a full 3 inches shorter than the Somerton Man.
This find substantiates the claim made by this blog yet another reason why Carl Webb could not be the Somerton Man.
Here's the link to the NCBI website containing more details:
Here's the link to the NCBI website containing more details:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7284298/
What happens from here now rests with the SA Coroner, SAPOL, and their Forensics team. There are still numerous questions yet to be answered in the Somerton Man case but this find represents compelling evidence to support the claims made here.
* NOTE. Men's growth period normally ends around 18 years of age but some continue into the 21-year age group.