36 Section APPLIED ANTHROPOLOGY cheese (85% of accuracy/true match on the upper jaw) and the upper arm (65% of accuracy/true match on the upper jaw and 70% of accuracy/true match on the lower jaw) bite marks are much more accurate than the bites marks on apple, cucumber and acetate material. <...> We are in the opinion that experimental studies on bite marks have an important contribution to the forensic sciences and crime investigations, and future studies are needed. <...> Key words: forensic anthropology, forensic dentistry, bite marks, Turkey Contact information: Meşe Cansev, e-mail: cansevmese@windowslive.com, Gьngцr Kahraman, e-mail: kahraman@gazi.edu.tr, Цzer Başak Koca, e-mail: bkozer@ankara.edu.tr. <...> RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OBESITY AND ARTERIAL STIFFNESS IN CHILDHOOD WITH FATHER’S SMOKING DURING PREGNANCY Mora-Urda Ana Isabel, Montero Pilar Physical Anthropology, Biology Department, Universidad Autуnoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain Studies about children health have historically considered aspects related to mothers’ health and mothers’ behaviors as determinants of optimal fetal development and subsequent health of children, however, there is little information about the infl uence of the fathers behaviors. <...> The aim of this study is to analyze the relationship between father’s smoking during pregnancy with obesity and arterial stiffness in children. <...> The sample consisted of 300 children (8 to 12 years old) and their fathers and mothers. <...> Following the collection of data from children their families were interviewed about the smoking patterns of both fathers and mothers during pregnancy. <...> At the beginning of the pregnancy 16.7% of smoking mothers stopped smoking. <...> Fathers’ smoking during pregnancy was associated with higher body mass index (p = 0.031), greater waist circumference (p = 0.012) and higher waist/ height index (0.001) in daughters but not necessarily in sons. <...> Likewise the number of cigarettes consumed per day by the father during pregnancy affects the pulse wave velocity (PWV), an indicator of arterial wall stiffness (p = 0.028). <...> Daughters of nonsmoking mothers during pregnancy but who were exposed during fetal life to paternal smoking, presented highest values of visceral obesity and arterial stiffness (PWV) in childhood. <...> The results obtained in this study highlight the importance of fathers’ behavior on the health of children. <...> Key <...>