A new technique identifies corpses by comparing the skull with a picture of the subject alive
Monday, February 13, 2012 - 11:01
in Paleontology & Archaeology
University of Granada researchers have developed a new forensic identification technique that compares the skull with one or several pictures of the subject while still alive. This system is based on the forensic identification technique known as craniofacial superimposition; this technique involves analysing the morphology of the face by locating a set of reference points either on the skull (craniometric points) and on a picture (somatometric points) of the subject alive.