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AgentCC t1_ir42csc wrote

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

I’m no expert but, based off skeletal remains, they can’t know how fat the person was nor precisely determine the cartilaginous parts of the head like the ears and nose.

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hogger85 t1_ir4f6sk wrote

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

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Tiny_Rat t1_ir4j65s wrote

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

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