A geometric approach to cranial sexual dimorphism in fossil skulls from Předmostí (Upper Palaeolithic, Czech Republic)

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine the sexual shape variability of the best preserved skulls of adult individuals, using the methods of statistical shape analysis.

Keywords

• Geometric morphometrics
• shape analysis
• 2D landmarks
• thin-plate splines
• 3D order penalty
• partial warps
• sexual dimorphism
• Upper Palaeolithic