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Study: CT Scans Could Bolster Forensic Database to ID Unidentified Remains

By Guest PostJanuary 19, 2014Science3d id, amanda hale, ann ross, anthropology, cheekbones, contemporary skull, craniofacial surgeons, ct scans, facial characteristics, forensic database, id, kenda honeycutt, manual mapping, morton collection, museum, north carolina state university, skeletal remain, skull, unidentified remains, university of pennsylvania

A study from North Carolina State University finds that data from CT scans can be incorporated into a growing forensic database to help determine the ancestry and sex of unidentified remains. The finding may also have clinical applications for craniofacial surgeons.

“As forensic anthropologists, we can map specific coordinates on a skull and use software that we developed – called 3D-ID – to compare those three-dimensional coordinates with a database of biological characteristics,” says Dr. Ann Ross, a professor of anthropology at NC State and senior author of a paper describing the work. “That comparison can tell us the ancestry and sex of unidentified remains using only the skull – which is particularly valuable when dealing with incomplete skeletal remains.” (more…)

Study Finds Significant Skull Differences Between Closely Linked Groups

In order to accurately identify skulls as male or female, forensic anthropologists need to have a good understanding of how the characteristics of male and female skulls differ between populations. A new study from North Carolina State University shows that these differences can be significant, even between populations that are geographically close to one another.

The researchers looked at the skulls of 27 women and 28 men who died in Lisbon, Portugal, between 1880 and 1975. They also evaluated the skulls of 40 women and 39 men who died between 1895 and 1903 in the rural area of Coimbra, just over 120 miles north of Lisbon. (more…)

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Study: CT Scans Could Bolster Forensic Database to ID Unidentified Remains

Study Finds Significant Skull Differences Between Closely Linked Groups