Thomas Aquinas' skull reveals appearance and cause of death
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Re: Thomas Aquinas' skull reveals appearance and cause of death
#2Hypothesised cranial haematoma after accident with tree, died aged 48. Reconstruction aligns with paintings, but it wasn't clear if the reconstruction model was informed by the paintings so somewhat meaningless they agree.
Also the diagnosis isn't informed by the craniometry from what I can read: it's a reconstruction and an unconnected diagnosis from reports of his death.
Amusingly a website which had (nc)register.com but not theregister.com..
Re: Thomas Aquinas' skull reveals appearance and cause of death
#3Hypothesised cranial haematoma after accident with tree, died aged 48. Reconstruction aligns with paintings, but it wasn't clear if the reconstruction model was informed by the paintings so somewhat meaningless they agree. Also the diagnosis isn't informed by the craniometry from what I can read: it's a reconstruction and an unconnected diagnosis from reports of his death. Amusingly a website which had (nc)register.c…
From my understanding facial reconstruction from skulls is a well-defined process in forensics, so it's likely that they used standard methods. They mentioned getting colors (i.e. skin/hair tone) from painting.
Re: Thomas Aquinas' skull reveals appearance and cause of death
#4Hypothesised cranial haematoma after accident with tree, died aged 48. Reconstruction aligns with paintings, but it wasn't clear if the reconstruction model was informed by the paintings so somewhat meaningless they agree. Also the diagnosis isn't informed by the craniometry from what I can read: it's a reconstruction and an unconnected diagnosis from reports of his death. Amusingly a website which had (nc)register.c…
From my understanding facial reconstruction from skulls is a well-defined process in forensics, so it's likely that they used standard methods. They mentioned getting colors (i.e. skin/hair tone) from painting.
I'd love them to have made more of that if the cranial reconstruction got close to the painting un-hinted.
Re: Thomas Aquinas' skull reveals appearance and cause of death
#5Hypothesised cranial haematoma after accident with tree, died aged 48. Reconstruction aligns with paintings, but it wasn't clear if the reconstruction model was informed by the paintings so somewhat meaningless they agree. Also the diagnosis isn't informed by the craniometry from what I can read: it's a reconstruction and an unconnected diagnosis from reports of his death. Amusingly a website which had (nc)register.c…
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Re: Thomas Aquinas' skull reveals appearance and cause of death
#6Hypothesised cranial haematoma after accident with tree, died aged 48. Reconstruction aligns with paintings, but it wasn't clear if the reconstruction model was informed by the paintings so somewhat meaningless they agree. Also the diagnosis isn't informed by the craniometry from what I can read: it's a reconstruction and an unconnected diagnosis from reports of his death. Amusingly a website which had (nc)register.c…
From my understanding facial reconstruction from skulls is a well-defined process in forensics, so it's likely that they used standard methods. They mentioned getting colors (i.e. skin/hair tone) from painting.
I'd love to see facial reconstruction of people of whom we have pictures and video. Since what I've heard of facial reconstruction is that there is a lot "art" in it.
Re: Thomas Aquinas' skull reveals appearance and cause of death
#7Hypothesised cranial haematoma after accident with tree, died aged 48. Reconstruction aligns with paintings, but it wasn't clear if the reconstruction model was informed by the paintings so somewhat meaningless they agree. Also the diagnosis isn't informed by the craniometry from what I can read: it's a reconstruction and an unconnected diagnosis from reports of his death. Amusingly a website which had (nc)register.c…
From my understanding facial reconstruction from skulls is a well-defined process in forensics, so it's likely that they used standard methods. They mentioned getting colors (i.e. skin/hair tone) from painting.
And probably the hair pattern as well.
Re: Thomas Aquinas' skull reveals appearance and cause of death
#8I wonder what the licensing related to the image reconstruction is. Like, am I able to use it for the cover of a biography of his I publish?
Re: Thomas Aquinas' skull reveals appearance and cause of death
#9Hypothesised cranial haematoma after accident with tree, died aged 48. Reconstruction aligns with paintings, but it wasn't clear if the reconstruction model was informed by the paintings so somewhat meaningless they agree. Also the diagnosis isn't informed by the craniometry from what I can read: it's a reconstruction and an unconnected diagnosis from reports of his death. Amusingly a website which had (nc)register.c…
From my understanding facial reconstruction from skulls is a well-defined process in forensics, so it's likely that they used standard methods. They mentioned getting colors (i.e. skin/hair tone) from painting.
> From my understanding facial reconstruction from skulls is a well-defined process in forensics
It's commonly used, but is it:
* Consistent from practitioner to practitioner?
* Able to consistently pass a double-blind test?
My understanding of forensic 'science' is that it has a bad reputation for having more in common with shamanism, or the rituals of a witchdoctor, than it does with science.
Re: Thomas Aquinas' skull reveals appearance and cause of death
#10How accurate are facial reconstructions from skulls now?
They don't seem that accurate in the past.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forensic_facial_reconstruction...
