The use of 3D data in the analysis of skeletal and fossil materials has conveyed numerous
advantages in many fields; however, as the availability and use of 3D scanning equipment …

Most hominin cranial fossils are incomplete and require reconstruction prior to subsequent
analyses. Missing data can be estimated by geometric morphometrics using information …

In traditional as well as in geometric morphometric studies, the shape of the pelvis is often
quantified after the reassembly of the two hip bones and the sacrum. However, on dry …

Objectives Predicting body mass is a frequent objective of several anthropological
subdisciplines, but there are few published methods for predicting body mass in immature …

Biomechanical analysis of juvenile pelvic growth can be used in the evaluation of medical
devices and investigation of hip joint disorders. This requires access to scan data of healthy …

Remodelling and adaptation of bone within the pelvis is believed to be influenced by the
mechanical strains generated during locomotion. Variation in the cortical bone thickness …

The general aim of the thesis is to understand how biting mechanics interact with cranial
form to impact post-natal craniofacial ontogeny in modern humans and Neanderthals. To …

There has been an immense amount of debate on the role of the United States in Indochina.
Almost every aspect of the American intervention in that region has been tirelessly studied …

The pelvic bone is one of most stressed bones in the human body due to its essential task of
weight-bearing of upper body. However, pelvic bone fractures usually occur as a result of …