Inter-individual variation in facial shape is one of the most noticeable phenotypes in
humans, and it is clearly under genetic regulation; however, almost nothing is known about …

The study of cranial variation has a long, and somewhat difficult, history within anthropology.
Much of this difficulty is rooted in the historical use of craniometric data to justify essentialist …

Abstract Knowledge of the degree to which various subsets of morphological data reflect
molecular relationships is crucial for studies attempting to estimate genetic relationships …

Recent studies have demonstrated that the shape of the human temporal bone is particularly
strongly correlated with neutral genetic expectation, when compared against other cranial …

Human populations across the world vary greatly in cranial morphology. It is highly debated
to what extent this variability has accumulated through neutral processes (genetic drift) or …

The dispersal of modern humans from Africa is now well documented with genetic data that
track population history, as well as gene flow between populations. Phenetic skeletal data …

It has been suggested that the property of symmetry observed in Acheulean handaxes was
selected for functional, adaptive or social and aesthetic reasons. However, selectionist …

Genetic resemblances among groups are non-randomly distributed in humans. This
population structure may influence the correlations between traits and environmental drivers …

Recent studies comparing craniometric and neutral genetic affinity matrices have concluded
that, on average, human cranial variation fits a model of neutral expectation. While human …

Dental phenotypic data are often used to reconstruct biological relatedness among past
human groups. Teeth are an important data source because they are generally well …