Size and shape of the hominoid distal femur: Fourier analysis

Pete E. Lestrel; William H. Kimbel; Fred W. Prior; Marianne L. Fleischmann

doi:10.1002/ajpa.1330460209

Size and shape of the hominoid distal femur: Fourier analysis

Pete E. Lestrel, William H. Kimbel, Fred W. Prior, Marianne L. Fleischmann

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Abstract

A quantitative description of the shape of the distal femur is provided by Fourier analysis. Fourier analysis also facilitates the separation of the size and shape components which allows the removal of the distorting effect of size. Hence, comparisons between the hominoid groups can be based solely on shape. A sample of 91 hominoid distal femora from the Cleveland Museum of Natural History was used to make comparisons based on size and shape as well as shape only. It is suggested that unless the effect of size is minimized or removed, generally not possible with the traditional metrical approach, measures of biological distance will be distorted.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	281-290
Number of pages	10
Journal	American journal of physical anthropology
Volume	46
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.1330460209
State	Published - Mar 1977
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Canonical analysis
Discriminant functions
Distal femur
Fourier analysis
Hominoid
Size and shape

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Anatomy
Anthropology

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