Visualization in anthropology: reconstruction of human fossils from multiple pieces

Authors:
Alan D. Kalvin;David Dean;Jean-Jacques Hublin;Marc Braun
Affiliations:
Robotics and Augmentation Group, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY;The City University of New York, NY;Laboratoire d'Anthropologie, Musée de l'Homme, Palais de Chaillot, Paris, France.;Université de Nancy I, 9, Avenue de la Forět de Haye, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy CEDEX, France.
Venue:
VIS '92 Proceedings of the 3rd conference on Visualization '92
Year:
1992

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Abstract

We describe a new way to reconstruct human fossils from fragmentary fossil material. Unlike the traditional method of making physical models using clay, this new approach is based on geometrical modeling and visualization of digitized fossil data. It can provide anthropologists with both quantifiable, computer-based geometric (CAD) models and physical plastic reconstructions of fossils.