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Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 04:14:42 -0400
From: andrea cardini <alcard...@gmail.com>
Reply-To: andrea cardini <alcard...@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Ancient mandibles
To: morphmet@morphometrics.org
Dear Pere,
unless you can pick up an interesting subset of
landmarks which maximizes the number of intact
specimens (Carlo Meloro did it on fossil
carnivores, if I remember well - Carlo will tell
you, I am sure), you may try to estimate the missing points.
Gunz & Mitteroecker wrote a very nice intro on
the subject with plenty of references in the
Yellow Book (link in my signature).
Couette and other people have also done quite a
bit of work on this. They're on the list and may suggest specific references.
In terms of software, when I have to estimate a
few missing landmarks from a few specimens (which
is what generally happens with neontological
data), I am using the old Morpheus et al., which
allows to estimate missing landmarks using about
4 different methods. Use the command "list pmiss
options" to get more info. I am using version 01-30-98-beta2002.
Good luck.
Cheers
Andrea
At 09:55 15/03/2014, you wrote:
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> Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 11:03:18 +0100
> From: "Pere M. Parés-Casanova" <peremiqu...@prodan.udl.cat>
> Reply-To: "Pere M. Parés-Casanova" <peremiqu...@prodan.udl.cat>
> Subject: Ancient mandibles
> To: morphmet_modera...@morphometrics.org
>
>Hi morphometricians!
>I have got access to a nice collection of bovine mandibles, aged ca. 3,500
>yr.
>Comparing with extant mandibles, it seems that no pedomorphy is present.
>My problem is that some pieces lack some structures (for instance
>condyles), so sample of "excellent" specimens is quite small.
>Any idea how to incorporate (that is, consider all landmarks) those
>"broken" specimens?
>Thanks in advance!
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Dr. Andrea Cardini
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