Through history, anthropological discovery has been achieved through intensive data gathering techniques that have defined the way we look at humanity. However risky, the anthropologist blends into unknown societies, being exposed to different cultures and possible violence while attempting to understand how those cultures work, and how the individuals live. In retrospect, thanks to these efforts, we may learn how our ancestors lived and evolved. Many of these studies include the scientific analysis of mummies, DNA in relation to patrilineal and matrilineal descendant lines; the analysis of ancient teeth growth patterns, occlusal evidence, general bone structure measurements, etc. In this report however, I will focus on two technologies which, in my opinion, are amongst the greatest contributors to the science: CT scanning and Geometric Morphometrics.
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