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National Institute of Justice Researchers Create Program That Can Assist in Age of Death Determination

      WASHINGTON – The Office of Justice Programs’ National Institute of Justice today published an article that details how NIJ-funded researchers created a new way to estimate the age of skeletal remains that outperforms current methods.

      Researchers from Pennsylvania State University designed a computer program that “thinks” like a forensic anthropologist and provides reproducible estimates of adult skeletal age at death.  When compared to known-age skeletal collections, the program more accurately predicts age than traditional methods.

      TITLE:  Algorithm Quantifies What Experts See When They Examine Skeletons

      AUTHOR:  National Institute of Justice

      HERE:  https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/algorithm-quantifies-what-experts-see-when-they-examine-skeletons

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