Reply to Lucas & Henneberg: Are human faces unique?

Ronald Meester; Bart Preneel; Sylvia Wenmackers

doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2019.01.038

Reply to Lucas & Henneberg: Are human faces unique?

Ronald Meester
, Bart Preneel
, Sylvia Wenmackers^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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This paper offers a response to the 2015 article of Lucas and Henneberg “Are human faces unique?” (Forensic Sci. Int. 257, 514.e1–514.e6), as well as to the subsequent popularization thereof. In the first part, we assess the probabilistic claims made by the authors and find crucial parts to be unsupported. In particular, the authors offer no probabilistic model on which to base their conclusions. Even if we disregard the errors identified in the first part, we find a troubling discrepancy between the published findings and the popular summary.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	217-220
Number of pages	4
Journal	Forensic Science International
Volume	297
Early online date	21 Feb 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2019.01.038
Publication status	Published - Apr 2019

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Facial recognition
Forensics
Match probability
Video surveillance

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