Modern Morphometrics in Physical Anthropology

Morphometrics has undergone a revolutionary transformation in the past two decades as new methods have been developed to address shortcomings in the traditional multivirate analysis of linear distances, angles, and indices. While there is much active research in the field, the new approaches to shap...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Slice, Dennis E. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 2005, 2005
Edition:1st ed. 2005
Series:Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • A glossary for morphometrics
  • Modern Morphometrics
  • Theory and Methods
  • After Landmarks
  • Semilandmarks in Three Dimensions
  • An Alternative Approach to Space Curve Analysis Using the Example of the Neanderthal Occipital Bun
  • Correcting for the Effect of Orientation in Geometric Morphometric Studies of Side-View Images of Human Heads
  • Fourier Descriptors, Procrustes Superimposition, and Data Dimensionality: An Example of Cranial Shape Analysis in Modern Human Populations
  • Problems with Landmark-Based Morphometrics for Fractal Outlines: The Case of Frontal Sinus Ontogeny
  • An Invariant Approach to the Study of Fluctuating Asymmetry: Developmental Instability in a Mouse Model for Down Syndrome
  • Applications
  • Comparison of Coordinate and Craniometric Data for Biological Distance Studies
  • Assessing Craniofacial Secular Change in American Blacks and Whites Using Geometric Morphometry
  • Secular Trends in Craniofacial Asymmetry Studied by Geometric Morphometry and Generalized Procrustes Methods
  • The Morphological Integration of the Hominoid Skull: A Partial Least Squares and PC Analysis with Implications for European Middle Pleistocene Mandibular Variation
  • A Geometric Morphometric Analysis of Late Pleistocene Human Metacarpal 1 Base Shape
  • A Geometric Morphometric Assessment of the Relationship between Scapular Variation and Locomotion in African Apes
  • Functional Shape Variation in the Cercopithecine Masticatory Complex
  • A Geometric Morphometric Assessment of the Hominoid Supraorbital Region: Affinities of the Eurasian Miocene Hominoids Dryopithecus, Graecopithecus, and Sivapithecus