As part of a forensic analysis, you have been asked to determine an individual's ancestry using skeletal indicators. The metric measurements you collect indicate that the individual is of European ancestry, but you see several nonmetric traits in the cranium that are typically found in individuals of Asian ancestry. Why might the two methods give different results

Due to difference in the methods that is used for analysis.

Explanation:

The two methods give different results because we used two different types of measurements i. e. metric measurement and nonmetric traits. In the metric measurement, we calculate the quantitative character of an individual that gives information about the current status of an individual, while on the other hand, in non-metric traits refers to the method which is used to evaluate genetic connections within and between populations that were present in the past.