These reconstructions aren't made by AI. They're mostly made by people trained in forensic reconstruction, either as physical or digital 3D models (or both, as in this specific project)

They recreated them lime they would have recreated a dinosaur 50 years or so, you mean. Modern archeological reconstruction considers much more than just the skeleton

The approximation is often close enough that friends or family can recognize the deceased. It might not look exactly like them, but can be close enough to significantly narrow down the search for their identity.

No, these reconstructions are done by forensic artists, not AI and they're most often used in canvassing for information, basically hoping someone sees the reconstruction and recognizes them.

Also, if other parts of the skeleton are available, they can sometimes see gout or other illnesses associated with obesity.

Here is a photo of April Dawn Lacey who was identified after they had done reconstruction, alongside a pencil sketch based on their conclusions

It's pretty good, I think; the eyes aren't quite right (it looks as if hers are just a fraction more deepset), and her eyebrows arched a bit more than they accounted for, but the nose, mouth and shape of the face generally are on point

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The artist here has found an excellent niche. I hope more museums do this, with care

The forensic science is doing experiments on real dead bodies. I can’t remember what they call it, but the people who donate their bodies to science, are worked on by different departments. They watch in real time how long it takes for a body to decompose under different circumstances, and they go from there with their discoveries. They can come quite close to what a person might look. It’s not perfect, but it’s something.

Cant wait to go see it at the British History Museum

There was a 50 years cold case that was solved recently like this. A young girl was killed by someone the police has questioned a few times, but they’ve had no evidence. They had DNA saved from the crime, and they found a familial match. That is how they’ve solved the case. Her family was long gone by the time it was solved. They never got to know who killed her.

And this is not the only case like this!

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I believ they can look at some factors of the the attachment points and think can see stresses from overweight

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Missing: Infected eyes from smoke, blemishes, scars from pox, zits... I know that many medieval people were cleaner than we think but not THAT clean...

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Would have been nice to see the video. I got a couple second of the woman smiling interrupted by a 30 second unskippable ad every second, LITERALLY.

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Read Greek and Roman literature. People are exactly the same as they have always been. Any differences are purely cosmetic.

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There are some good links in this article.

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