Anthropological facial 'reconstruction' - Recognizing the fallacies, 'unembracing' the errors, and realizing method limits

Science and Justice - Journal of the Forensic Science Society

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 193-200

  Stephan, C N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Art; Exocanthion; Facial approximation; Facial reproduction; Forensic science; Lateral canthal tendon; Soft tissue prediction

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FACE; FACE SURGERY; FACIAL APPROXIMATION METHOD; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; POLITICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SKULL; SOFT TISSUE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0242511024     PISSN: 13550306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1355-0306(03)71776-6     Document Type: Article

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