Question

Which statement is true?
a. The racial origin of hair can always be identified.
b. Hair can be individualized through its trace elemental composition. c. Hair is routinely examined to determine sex.
d. Two hairs from the same head may not have the same morphological characteristics.

Answer 1

Answer:

The statement which is true is as follow:

d. Two hairs from the same head may not have the same morphological characteristics.

Explanation:

• The statement in option a is not correct as we can't always determine the racial origin of hair.
• The statement in option b is not correct as it is not possible to do through trace elemental composition.
• The statement in option c is not correct as hair is not examined to determine the sex because the Shettles Method is uses to determine the sex of a baby.
• The statement d is correct as the hair have different structural features like length which makes its morphological characteristics.