Anthropological Studies

by Lekshmi Das

Forensic facial reconstruction is a quick, non – destructive and well organized technique. It can be used to find unspecified human corpse when other techniques not succeed. The techniques has been of two types 2D and 3D. Facial reconstruction visual recognition by the respective family and companions to become simple and more specific. It can be utilized as a dominant forensic tool which may support in facial examination of the skull and eventually lead to positive recognition of an individuals. Forensic facial reconstruction is an association of both technical methods and creative skull. It can be applied to reconstruct the soft tissues onto the skull with the aim of acquire the image of an individual for his/her identification and determination. It has been employed in both forensic science and Archaeology. The 3D manual techniques used in forensic facial reconstruction are the Anatomical(Russian), Anthropometrical(American) and Combination Manchester (British) methods which are organized by the scientists namely Gerasimov, Krogman and Neave. Forensic facial reconstruction methods which is constructed using the TCL/Tk scripting language, the latter marking use of the C3D system. Keywords: Forensic facial reconstruction, 3D methods, identification.