1. Facial Reconstruction!!!!
By:
Tom Hoge and Alex DeSimine

2. Why do you want to learn about facial reconstruction?!
Facial reconstruction is the greatest! It’s one of the more useful tools available to forensic scientists as it aids in the identification of dead bodies. In the following slides you will learn about what facial reconstruction is, what sciences it uses, its purpose in the courtroom, and other interesting tidbits!

3. What is Facial Reconstruction?

4. What sciences or skills are involved in facial reconstruction?

5. What are some problems with facial reconstruction?

6. What is the Daubert Principle and how does it apply to facial reconstruction?

7. What types of Facial reconstruction are there and what occurs in each?

8. Briefly discuss the history of facial reconstruction

9. A Case Study: The Ice Man
Facial Reconstruction was used in determining the features of Ötzi the Ice Man. This skeleton was found frozen in ice and facial reconstruction was used to recreate his features into what is believed to be early human features. Facial reconstruction gave scientists a good idea of our origins.

10. Ötzi the Ice Man
This is the latest, and supposedly most accurate, reconstruction of Ötzi, a natural mummy from the Stone Age discovered 20 years ago frozen in the Italian Alps near the Austrian border. Based on new research and the latest technology, it shows that he looked much older than his age and that his eyes were brown.

11. What Does the Future Hold?
Eventually, the sculptors behind facial reconstruction will be replaced solely by computers that can create an image of the face almost instantaneously.
It will be used for mass identifications of people in crises such as nuclear holocausts…
The computer side of Facial Reconstruction could use some work…

12. Bibliography