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TABLE 12.3 Popular Programs for Geometric Morphometric Analysis in Biological Anthropology a

Program Name Capabilities How to Access

MorphoJ
( Klingenberg, 2011 )

Procrustes superimposition, partitions
symmetric and asymmetric components,
PCA, regression, CVA, DFA

http://www.flywings.org.uk/MorphoJ_
page.htm

Morpheus et al.
( Slice, 2000 )

Data acquisition, Procrustes
superimposition, TPS, visualization

http://www.morphometrics.org/

EVAN TOOLBOX
(EVAN-society)

Data acquisition, Procrustes
superimposition, PCA, TPS,
visualization

http://evan-society.org/node/23
(access requires $100 yearly
membership fee)

R Version 2.14.1
(R Foundation for
Statistical Computing,
2011)

Procustes superimposition, PCA, TPS,
visualization, standard statistical
analyses

http://www.r-project.org/

tpsRegr
(F. James Rohlf)

Multivariate multiple regression of
partial warp scores from TPS and
uniform shape onto independent
variables

http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/morph/
Software page, Thin Plate Spline

tpsRelw
(F. James Rohlf)

Relative warp analysis from TPS,
visualizations, semilandmark fitting

http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/morph/
Software page, Thin Plate Spline

tpsSplin
(F. James Rohlf)

Pairwise thin-plate spline deformations http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/morph/

Software page, Thin Plate Spline

3d-id
( Slice and Ross, 2009 )

Classification of unknown specimen
based on landmark coordinates

http://www.3d-id.org/

a This is by no means a complete list of all available programs. Many more programs can be found on the Software page of http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/
morph/ .

research in both of these areas. Because of the extreme volume of publications, this survey is
not exhaustive, but hopefully provides the reader with a grasp of the current state of
geometric morphometric research in our field.
For a single volume that contains critical theoretical and methodological content as well as
a diverse series of applications of geometric morphometrics to anthropological questions,
Modern Morphometrics in Physical Anthropology edited by Dennis Slice (2005) is recommended.
Nevertheless, be aware that geometric morphometric methods have progressed rapidly, and
one should conduct a thorough literature search to identify the most recent publications on
a particular topic or method to ensure that research designs take advantage of the most
current knowledge and innovations in the field.

Sexual Dimorphism
Patterns of sexual dimorphism in craniofacial morphology and postcranial elements have
been investigated with geometric morphometrics. Since sexual dimorphism is a function of