A comparison of statistical and geometric reconstruction techniques : guidelines for correcting fossil hominin crania

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dc.contributor.advisorGain, Jamesen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorAckermann, Rebecca Rogersen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorNeeser, Rudolphen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-13T19:31:41Z
dc.date.available2014-08-13T19:31:41Z
dc.date.issued2007en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 163-173).en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe study of human evolution centres, to a large extent, around the study of fossil morphology, including the comparison and interpretation of these remains within the context of what is known about morphological variation within living species. However, many fossils suffer from environmentally caused damage (taphonomic distortion) which hinders any such interpretation: fossil material may be broken and fragmented while the weight and motion of overlaying sediments can cause their plastic distortion. To date, a number of studies have focused on the reconstruction of such taphonomically damaged specimens. These studies have used myriad approaches to reconstruction, including thin plate spline methods, mirroring, and regression-based approaches. The efficacy of these techniques remains to be demonstrated, and it is not clear how different parameters (e.g., sample sizes, landmark density, etc.) might effect their accuracy. In order to partly address this issue, this thesis examines three techniques used in the virtual reconstruction of fossil remains by statistical or geometrical means: mean substitution, thin plate spline warping (TPS), and multiple linear regression.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationNeeser, R. (2007). <i>A comparison of statistical and geometric reconstruction techniques : guidelines for correcting fossil hominin crania</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Computer Science. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6423en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationNeeser, Rudolph. <i>"A comparison of statistical and geometric reconstruction techniques : guidelines for correcting fossil hominin crania."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Computer Science, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6423en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationNeeser, R. 2007. A comparison of statistical and geometric reconstruction techniques : guidelines for correcting fossil hominin crania. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Neeser, Rudolph AB - The study of human evolution centres, to a large extent, around the study of fossil morphology, including the comparison and interpretation of these remains within the context of what is known about morphological variation within living species. However, many fossils suffer from environmentally caused damage (taphonomic distortion) which hinders any such interpretation: fossil material may be broken and fragmented while the weight and motion of overlaying sediments can cause their plastic distortion. To date, a number of studies have focused on the reconstruction of such taphonomically damaged specimens. These studies have used myriad approaches to reconstruction, including thin plate spline methods, mirroring, and regression-based approaches. The efficacy of these techniques remains to be demonstrated, and it is not clear how different parameters (e.g., sample sizes, landmark density, etc.) might effect their accuracy. In order to partly address this issue, this thesis examines three techniques used in the virtual reconstruction of fossil remains by statistical or geometrical means: mean substitution, thin plate spline warping (TPS), and multiple linear regression. DA - 2007 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2007 T1 - A comparison of statistical and geometric reconstruction techniques : guidelines for correcting fossil hominin crania TI - A comparison of statistical and geometric reconstruction techniques : guidelines for correcting fossil hominin crania UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6423 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/6423
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationNeeser R. A comparison of statistical and geometric reconstruction techniques : guidelines for correcting fossil hominin crania. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Computer Science, 2007 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6423en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Computer Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherComputer Scienceen_ZA
dc.titleA comparison of statistical and geometric reconstruction techniques : guidelines for correcting fossil hominin craniaen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnameMScen_ZA
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