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2020 , Vol. 39 >Issue 04: 632 - 647

DOI: https://doi.org/10.16359/j.cnki.cn11-1963/q.2020.0021

2D visualization and quantitative analysis of the humeral diaphysis cortical thickness

  • Yuhao ΖΗΑΟ ,
  • Mi ΖHOU ,
  • Pianpian WEI ,
  • Song XING
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  • 1. Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100044
    2. CAS Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Beijing 100044
    3. University of Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100049
    4. Institute of Archeology and Cultural Relics of Hubei Province, Wuhan 430077
    5. MOE Key Laboratory of Contemporary Anthropology, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433

Received date: 2020-02-25

  Revised date: 2020-04-09

  Online published: 2020-09-11

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Abstract

Morphometric mapping is a 2D visualization method that displays 3D morphometric information, which can effectively reflect the distribution characteristics of cortical thickness. Despite there exist differences in the distribution pattern of cortical thickness between modern humans and Pleistocene archaic humans and great apes, more explorations are needed to test whether there are variations within Holocene modern humans. In present study, 34 right humeral specimens (23 males and 11 females) from 6 Holocene central and north China agricultural populations were selected to analyze the distribution characteristics of the humeral diaphysis cortical thickness by morphometric mapping comprehensively. This work compared the differences between the analysis results obtained after standardizing the cortical thickness by maximum thickness and biomechanical length, and verified the applicability of principal component analysis on morphometric mapping. The results reveal that within the Holocene central and north China agricultural populations, there exists some variances between males and females, but males of different populations show no obvious distinction. Though this work to some extent reveals the variations in the distribution of humeral diaphysis cortical thickness of Holocene modern humans by analyzing the agricultural populations from Holocene central and northern China, it’s still necessary to carry out works on new specimens which contain diverse populations, large sample size and strict variable control by method used in the present study, so as to verify or expand the conclusions obtained here in the future.

Key words： Humerus; Morphometric maps; Principal component analysis; Sexual dimorphism

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Yuhao ΖΗΑΟ , Mi ΖHOU , Pianpian WEI , Song XING . 2D visualization and quantitative analysis of the humeral diaphysis cortical thickness[J]. Acta Anthropologica Sinica, 2020 , 39(04) : 632 -647 . DOI: 10.16359/j.cnki.cn11-1963/q.2020.0021

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