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TemperatureDizzy3257 t1_ir2eer6 wrote

Reply to comment by wogsurfer in See lifelike facial reconstructions of a medieval Scottish woman, priest and bishop by unheated1

The pegs are used as an estimate of how thick the tissue is on a certain area of the face. Then they build muscle/skin/fat over the top of the pegs to the correct thickness. They estimate thickness based on gender, age and race. For example, most white females in their 20s have a similar amount of tissue that covers their face (assuming they are of average weight).

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ScoobyDeezy t1_ir3dape wrote

Saw that on an episode of MacGuyver, I think, like 30 years ago.

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AsherSophie t1_ir478w4 wrote

Was just gonna say this! Maybe more than 30 years ago: and the technology is exactly the same.

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