Craniometric analysis - Facial reconstruction and Ancestry

Question 1

Definitions:
Osteometry
Biodistance

Answer 1

Osteometry = Measuring the human skeleton

Biodistance = To determine biological relatedness / ancestry, measured in metric

Question 2

Morphological differences between human populations

Answer 2

EUROPEAN:
- Narrow nasal aperture 
- Sharp nasal sill
- Simple, sharp inferior nasal margin 
-MOUTH PALATE:
   - Narrower
   - Parabolic curve or dental row 
AFRICAN:
- Large nasal aperture 
- guttered nasal sill and margin 
- More rounded nose bridge
-MOUTH PALATE:
   - Intermediate palatal width 
   - Hyperbolic dental row 
   - More U- shaped

Question 3

Important points in Craniometric analysis

Answer 3

Anthropometric points:

• Unpaired land marks
• Paired landmarks

Provide important information about:

1. body sizes and shapes existing in a particular population
2. key body dimensions