The Composite Greek Woman

Published by admin, on October 25th, 2010%

by Dienekes Pontikos

MORPHING is an image processing technique that can be used to create composite pictures summarizing a large number of individual objects. I have applied morphing to a set of facial pictures of Greek women to create an overall average.

The following Greek women were used: Evelina Papantoniou, Niki Kartsona, Katerina Stamataki, Evaggelia Aravani, Chrysanthi Dafla, Elena Katritsi, Alexandra Kapeletzi, Elisavet Filippouli, Elisavet Moutafi, Angie Berovinou, Dimitra Aiginiti, Evi Adam, Korina Stergiadou, Konstantina Nikolaou, Nancy Alexiadi, Katerina Diamantopoulou.

This group includes models, actresses, singers, politicians, and tv presenters. Pictures of women facing forward were selected from . . . → Read More: The Composite Greek Woman

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Composite Greeks: the Ancient and the Modern

Published by admin, on October 23rd, 2010%

by Dienekes Pontikos

IT IS OFTEN stated either that “modern Greeks look like ancient ones,” or “modern Greeks don’t look like ancient ones” without any kind of factual-based justification which would lead one to accept either opinion.

It is well known that genes recombine in each generation creating unique combinations. This is why “no two people look alike.” This, however, does not apply only to our contemporaries, but also to our ancestors: each of us is unique when compared to both.

It is a fairly reasonable assumption though that if two populations are genetically similar, i.e., they have similar distributions of alleles, then . . . → Read More: Composite Greeks: the Ancient and the Modern

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