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Pathologies of Between-Groups Principal Components Analysis in Geometric Morphometrics by Bookstein, Fred L.

“…Good empirical applications of geometric morphometrics (GMM) typically involve several times more variables than specimens, a situation the statistician refers…”
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A method of factor analysis for shape coordinates by Bookstein, Fred L.

“…Currently the most common reporting style for a geometric morphometric (GMM) analysis of anthropological data begins with the principal components of the shape…”
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Reworking Geometric Morphometrics into a Methodology of Transformation Grids by Bookstein, Fred L.

“…Today’s typical application of geometric morphometrics to a quantitative comparison of organismal anatomies begins by standardizing samples of homologously…”
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Reconsidering “The inappropriateness of conventional cephalometrics” by Bookstein, Fred L

“…Of all the articles on cephalometrics this journal has published over the last half-century, the one most cited across the scientific literature is the 1979…”
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Early Modern Human Diversity Suggests Subdivided Population Structure and a Complex Out-of-Africa Scenario by Gunz, Philipp, Bookstein, Fred L., Mitteroecker, Philipp, Stadlmayr, Andrea, Seidler, Horst, Weber, Gerhard W.

“…The interpretation of genetic evidence regarding modern human origins depends, among other things, on assessments of the structure and the variation of ancient…”
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The Relation Between Geometric Morphometrics and Functional Morphology, as Explored by Procrustes Interpretation of Individual Shape Measures Pertinent to Function by Bookstein, Fred L.

“…ABSTRACT A frequent concern in today's functional morphology is the relation of a landmark configuration to some a priori index or suite of indices of…”
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The Principal Components of Adult Female Insole Shape Align Closely with Two of Its Classic Indicators by Bookstein, Fred L, Domjanic, Jacqueline

“…The plantar surface of the human foot transmits the weight and dynamic force of the owner's lower limbs to the ground and the reaction forces back to the…”
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Comparison of cranial ontogenetic trajectories among great apes and humans by Mitteroecker, Philipp, Gunz, Philipp, Bernhard, Markus, Schaefer, Katrin, Bookstein, Fred L.

“…Molecular data suggest that humans are more closely related to chimpanzees than either is to the gorillas, yet one finds the closest similarity in craniofacial…”
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Variability of Australopithecus second maxillary molars from Sterkfontein Member 4 by Fornai, Cinzia, Bookstein, Fred L., Weber, Gerhard W.

“…The question of how many Australopithecus species lived at Sterkfontein Member 4 and Makapansgat continues to be controversial inasmuch as the fossils are…”
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Socioeconomic status, education, and reproduction in modern women: An evolutionary perspective by Huber, Susanne, Bookstein, Fred L., Fieder, Martin

“…Although associations between status or resources and reproduction are positive in premodern societies and also in men in modern societies, in modern women the…”
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Heterochrony and geometric morphometrics: a comparison of cranial growth in Pan paniscus versus Pan troglodytes by Mitteroecker, Philipp, Gunz, Philipp, Bookstein, Fred L.

“…Summary Heterochrony, the classic framework in which to study ontogeny and phylogeny, in essence relies on a univariate concept of shape. Though principal…”
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Binge Drinking During Pregnancy as a Predictor of Psychiatric Disorders on the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV in Young Adult Offspring by Barr, Helen M., Bookstein, Fred L., O'Malley, Kieran D., Connor, Paul D., Huggins, Janet E., Streissguth, Ann P.

“…Objective: This study explored the extent to which the high frequency of psychiatric problems reported in clinical groups with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders…”
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Physical properties of biological entities: an introduction to the ontology of physics for biology by Cook, Daniel L, Bookstein, Fred L, Gennari, John H

“…As biomedical investigators strive to integrate data and analyses across spatiotemporal scales and biomedical domains, they have recognized the benefits of…”
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How not to answer interdisciplinary "Why?" questions by Bookstein, Fred L

“…The book under review tries to link the economic concept of "reward," or, more accurately, "capture rate," to the experimental literature of various…”
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Second to fourth digit ratio and face shape by Fink, Bernhard, Grammer, Karl, Mitteroecker, Philipp, Gunz, Philipp, Schaefer, Katrin, Bookstein, Fred L, Manning, John T

“…The average human male face differs from the average female face in size and shape of the jaws, cheek-bones, lips, eyes and nose. It is possible that this…”
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Cranial integration in Homo: singular warps analysis of the midsagittal plane in ontogeny and evolution by Bookstein, Fred L, Gunz, Philipp, Mitterœcker, Philipp, Prossinger, Hermann, Schæfer, Katrin, Seidler, Horst

“…This study addresses some enduring issues of ontogenetic and evolutionary integration in the form of the hominid cranium. Our sample consists of 38 crania: 20…”
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Socioeconomic status, marital status and childlessness in men and women: an analysis of census data from six countries by Fieder, Martin, Huber, Susanne, Bookstein, Fred L

“…This study compares the effects of two distinct forms of human capital - income and education - on marital status and childlessness separately by sex in six…”
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Quadratic Trends: A Morphometric Tool Both Old and New by Bookstein, Fred L.

“…The original exposition of the method of “Cartesian transformations” in D’Arcy Thompson’s On Growth and Form (1917) is still its most cited. But generations of…”
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Infant growth patterns of the mandible in modern humans: a closer exploration of the developmental interactions between the symphyseal bone, the teeth, and the suprahyoid and tongue muscle insertion sites by Coquerelle, Michael, Prados‐Frutos, Juan Carlos, Benazzi, Stefano, Bookstein, Fred L., Senck, Sascha, Mitteroecker, Philipp, Weber, Gerhard W.

“…The ontogenetic development of the mental region still poses a number of unresolved questions in human growth, development and phylogeny. In our study we…”
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Virtual Reconstruction of Modern and Fossil Hominoid Crania: Consequences of Reference Sample Choice by Senck, Sascha, Bookstein, Fred L., Benazzi, Stefano, Kastner, Johann, Weber, Gerhard W.

“…ABSTRACT Most hominin cranial fossils are incomplete and require reconstruction prior to subsequent analyses. Missing data can be estimated by geometric…”
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