Physique and morphological integration in human long bone variation: A 3D laser scan approach

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• Thomas Davies, PhD Candidate, Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies, University of Cambridge
• Friday 28 January 2011, 13:15-14:00
• Seminar Room, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Downing Site.

If you have a question about this talk, please contact Suzanne Pilaar Birch.

Variation in human long bones, particularly in cross-sectional geometric properties, are widely known to be influenced by body size. These effects are traditionally controlled for in order that behavioural information be revealed from these properties. It has also been predicted that physique affects variation in the proximal limb, but the magnitude of these effects and the extent to which they persist down the length of the limbs are less well understood. Here I will discuss a 3D laser scan approach to investigate these effects in a variety of hunter-gatherer samples and report early results.

This talk is part of the Pitt-Rivers Archaeological Science Seminar Series series.

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