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Introduction to Computer-Assisted Paleoanthropology (CAP)

Fossil hominids are notoriously scarce objects. Given the necessity to gain a maximum of information from a minimum of material evidence, one of the main challenges of paleoa nthropology is to enhance the investigative power of morphometric methods while minimizing the invasiveness of the methods used for fossil data acquisition, preparation, reconstruction and morphometry.

Computer-assisted Paleoanthropology (CAP) provides a systematic and non-invasive approach to these problems.

A methodological trio: Computer Tomography (CT), Computer Graphics and Rapid Prototyping

CAP combines methods of medical imaging, computer graphics and rapid prototyping for data acquisition, interactive reconstruction, morphometry and replication of fossil specimens.

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