Allometry refers to the size-related changes of morphological traits and remains an essential
concept for the study of evolution and development. This review is the first systematic …

Study of morphological form is fundamental to the discipline of paleoanthropology. The size
and shape of our ancestors' anatomical features have long been the focus of research on …

The first edition of Geometric Morphometrics for Biologists has been the primary resource for
teaching modern geometric methods of shape analysis to biologists who have a stronger …

Understanding how and to what extent forces applied to the mandible by the masticatory
muscles influence its form, is of considerable importance from clinical, anthropological and …

Neanderthals had brain sizes comparable to modern humans, but their brain cases were
elongated and not globular as in Homo sapiens [1, 2]. It has, therefore, been suggested that …

Morphological integration and modularity have become central concepts in evolutionary
biology and geometric morphometrics. This review summarizes the most frequently used …

In this latest volume in the Human Evolution Series, Erik Trinkaus and his co-authors
synthesize the research and findings concerning the human remains found at the Sunghir …

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 …

The globular braincase of modern humans is distinct from all fossil human species, including
our closest extinct relatives, the Neandertals. Such adult shape differences must ultimately …

Understanding variation in the basicranium is of central importance to paleoanthropology
because of its fundamental structural role in skull development and evolution. Among …