article_snippet: Now scientists say scientists can accurately estimate biological age by creating a 3D scan of wrinkles and other facial features.
article_snippet: Scientists say Scientists have discovered a way of finding out that age by creating a 3D scan of facial features.
article_snippet: Jing-Dong Han and colleagues at the Chinese Academy of Sciences collected 3D images of 332 Chinese people between the ages of 17 and 77 using a camera called the 3dMDface System.
article_snippet: Using the data, the authors created a map of the ageing human face and were able to develop a method to find patterns of ageing based on certain facial features.
article_snippet: 3D facial images can really tell your biological age,' the study's senior researcher Jing-Dong Han, told LiveScience. '
article_snippet: Jing-Dong Han and colleagues at the Chinese Academy of Sciences collected 3D images of 332 Chinese people between the ages of 17 and 77 using a camera called the 3dMDface System.
article_snippet: Over the age of 40, variation in facial age increased.
highlights_snippet: Scientists scanned faces of 332 Chinese people aged between 17 and 77 .
  
highlights_snippet: Scientists were able to find patterns of ageing based on various facial features .
  