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Background: The human ear is unique to individuals and ear prints, like fingerprints, are discrete enough to distinguish even identical twins. So, external ear can be used to identify both living and deceased individuals. So, this study was conducted to evaluate stature and sexual dimorphism of the external ear using various morphometric parameters and morphological features for forensic identification.Methods: Study was conducted with 40 participants. Various measurements were taken, and morphological features of both right and left ear were noted. Later the results were analyzed statistically.Results: In males and females most, common shape was oval, and ear lobe was free. Most common shape of ear lobe in males was arched and in females was triangular. In males and females most common form of helix was concave marginal. In males most common shape of tragus was round while in females it was long. In males and females most common shape of Darwin’s tubercle was enlarged. It was seen that the right lobe width showed perfect separation, indicating its potential as an extremely reliable predictor. It was noted that in females the strongest correlation with height is with the ear inclination angle of both sides.Conclusion: The results of this study can help the forensic anthropologist in identifying the sex and stature of a person from various ear measurements.