17 Landmarks from modern human skulls

<p>Coordinates of 17 landmarks of modern human skulls. They have not been subjected to Procrustes superimposition. See paper from Bucchi and Fonseca for details:&nbsp;Shape variation among skull regions using geometric morphometrics.</p> <p>Open in R:&nbsp;readRDS(file = &quot;data.rds&quot;)</p> <p>The skulls are held at&nbsp;the Subactual Collection of Santiago (Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Chile)</p> <p>Landmark configuration:</p> <table align="left"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <p>Number</p> </td> <td> <p>Landmark</p> </td> <td> <p>Location</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>1</p> </td> <td> <p>Nasion</p> </td> <td> <p>The point of the intersection between the frontonasal suture and the midsagittal plane</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>2, 8</p> </td> <td> <p>Fontomalar (paired: right and left)</p> </td> <td> <p>Most anterior point of the zygomaticofrontal suture</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>3, 9</p> </td> <td> <p>Superior zigotemporale (paired)</p> </td> <td> <p>Most superior point in the temporozygomatic suture</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>4, 10</p> </td> <td> <p>Porion (paired)</p> </td> <td> <p>Lateral most part of the superior margin of the external auditory meatus</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>5, 11</p> </td> <td> <p>Mastoidale (paired)</p> </td> <td> <p>point at the lowest point of the mastoid process</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>6, 12</p> </td> <td> <p>Zygomaxillare (paired)</p> </td> <td> <p>Most inferior point in the&nbsp;zygomaticomaxillary&nbsp;suture</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>7, 13</p> </td> <td> <p>Ectomalare (paired)</p> </td> <td> <p>The most posterior point on the alveolar bone</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>14, 16</p> </td> <td> <p>Pterion (paired)</p> </td> <td> <p>&nbsp;Intersection of the frontal, sphenoid, parietal and the squamous part of temporal bone</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <p>15, 17</p> </td> <td> <p>Asterion (paired)</p> </td> <td> <p>Point where the temporal, parietal and occipital bones meet</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p>