Morphometric (‘log sem’) analysis of anatomical measurements of Galápagos finches (Geospiza), chimpanzees (Pan) and Plio-Pleistocene hominins (Paranthropus, Australopithecus and early Homo)

Abstract

Significance:
• The ‘log sem’ morphometric method can be shown to be justified in the context of its use in the analysis of anatomical measurements of three sets of data: Galápagos finches (six species of Geospiza); two species of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes and P. paniscus); and three hominin genera (Australopithecus, Paranthropus and early Homo).