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Cladistic analysis of juvenile and adult hominoid cranial shape variables / The role of ontogeny for reconstructing hominid phylogenyUnknown Date (has links)
Phylogenies constructed from skeletal data often contradict those built from genetic data. This study evaluates the phylogenetic utility of adult male, female, and juvenile hominoid cranial bones. First, I used geometric morphometric methods to compare the cranial bone shapes of seven primate genera (Gorilla, Homo, Hylobates, Macaca, Nomascus, Pan, and Pongo). I then coded these shapes as continuous characters and constructed cladograms via parsimony analysis for the adult male, female, and juvenile character matrices. Finally, I evaluated the similarity of these cladograms to one another and to the genetic phylogeny using topological distance software. Cladograms did not differ from one another or the genetic phylogeny less than comparisons of randomly generated trees. These results suggest that cranial shapes are unlikely to provide accurate phylogenetic information, and agree with other analyses of skeletal data that fail to recover the molecular phylogeny (Collard & Wood, 2000, 2001; Springer et al., 2007). / by Thomas A. DiVito, II. / Title of the abstract: The role of ontogeny for reconstructing hominid phylogeny. / Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2011. / Includes bibliography. / Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2011. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Mathematical representation and analysis of articular surfaces: application to the functional anatomy and palaeo-anthropology of the ankle jointChristie, Peter, Webb January 1990 (has links)
A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Science,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg,
in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy / This thesis is a study of quantifiable variation in the geometric shape
of the superior articular surface of the talus of
higher primates, with special reference to fossil tali of Plio-
Pleistocene hominids. (Abbreviation abstract ) / AC2017
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The comparative paleoecology of late Miocene Eurasian hominoidsScott, Robert Smith 28 August 2008 (has links)
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