Chimpanzee Skull (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

Chimpanzee Skull

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CT scans are composed of a 3D stack of data ‘slices’. This image of a chimpanzee skull shows one slab or a subset of slices, displayed as a virtual cut-away out of the complete data set. Digitally manipulating CT scans in this manner allows researchers worldwide to perform analyses without ever handling or possibly degrading the actual physical specimen.

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Source: John L. Moreland, San Diego Supercomputer Center, UC San Diego.

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