Publication details
Sexual Dimorphism of Human Hand Shape: Testing of Data Acquisition and Shape Analysis Techniques
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| Year of publication | 2006 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Human Evolution and Population Bio-Diversity in SE-Europe |
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| Citation | KRÁLÍK, Miroslav. Sexual Dimorphism of Human Hand Shape: Testing of Data Acquisition and Shape Analysis Techniques. In Human Evolution and Population Bio-Diversity in SE-Europe. Athens: Hellenic Anthropological Association, 2006, p. 85-85. |
| Field | Archaeology, anthropology, ethnology |
| Keywords | sexual dimorphism; hand shape; flatbed scanner; 2D:4D ratio; geometric morphometrics |
| Description | This contribution presents preliminary results of data acquisition testing and shape analysis techniques for hand shape analysis. The result acquired from comparing various techniques, such as hand-draw tracing, commercial flatbed scanner, copy machine and digital photography will be discussed. Proposition of new geometric morphometrics approach follows. |
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