Craniofacial variation, integration, and evolutionary diversification in baboons

This dissertation aims to increase our understanding of Papio by: 1) examining variation within and between baboon species; 2) investigating morphological integration in the cranium, and; 3) determining what evolutionary processes produce diversification among baboon crania. Twenty-five three-dimensional cranial landmarks on six-hundred and sixty four baboon crania from seven species were digitized. Forty-seven linear distances, chosen to cover the skull with minimal redundancy, were calculated from these coordinate data.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Archaeology

Year dc:date.issued

2009

Author dc:creator

• Off, Eileen Catherine

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Ackermann, Rebecca Rogers

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4180

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/4180