Modern Morphometrics in Physical Anthropology

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Slice, Dennis E. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2005.
Edición:1st ed. 2005.
Colección:Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects,
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-27614-9
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.