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Identification of Group Affinity From Cross-Sectional Contours of the Human Midfacial Skeleton Using Digital Morphometrics and 3D Laser Scanning Technology

NCJ Number
234424
Journal
Journal of Forensic Sciences Volume: 56 Issue: 2 Dated: March 2011 Pages: 333-338
Author(s)
Sabrina B. Sholts, Ph.D.; Phillip L. Walker, Ph.D.; Susan C. Kuzminsky, M.A.,; Kevin W.P. Miller, Ph.D.; Sebastian K.T.S. Warmlander, Ph.D.
Date Published
March 2011
Length
6 pages
Annotation
This study presents a new method for analyzing midfacial shape variation between different geographic groups.
Abstract
Identifying group affinity from human crania is a long-standing problem in forensic and physical anthropology. Many craniofacial differences used in forensic skeletal identification are difficult to quantify, although certain measurements of the midfacial skeleton have shown high predictive value for group classifications. (Published Abstract)

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