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Biological distance analysis : forensic and bioarchaeological perspectives / edited by Marin A. Pilloud, Joseph T. Hefner.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Population biology--Statistical methods.
- Population biology.
- Bioinformatics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (520 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London, [England] : Academic Press, 2016.
- Summary:
- Biological Distance Analysis: Forensic and Bioarchaeological Perspectives synthesizes research within the realm of biological distance analysis, highlighting current work within the field and discussing future directions.The book is divided into three main sections.
- Contents:
- Front Cover
- Biological Distance Analysis
- Biological Distance Analysis: Forensic and Bioarchaeological Perspectives
- Copyright
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- REFERENCE
- Preface
- BIODISTANCE DATA, DATASETS, AND ANALYTICAL METHODS
- BIODISTANCE IN A FORENSIC SETTING
- BIODISTANCE AND POPULATION STUDIES
- FINAL THOUGHTS
- Acknowledgments
- 1 - Biodistance Data, Datasets, and Analytical Methods
- 1 - A Brief History of Biological Distance Analysis
- INTRODUCTION
- NATURAL PHILOSOPHY AND ANATOMY
- CRANIOMETRIC ANALYSIS
- NONMETRIC TRAIT ANALYSIS
- DENTAL MORPHOLOGY
- DENTAL METRICS
- CHANGES IN STATISTICAL APPROACHES
- SCALES OF ANALYSIS AND KINSHIP
- ANCIENT DNA AND BIODISTANCE
- FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY, RACE, AND HUMAN VARIATION
- CONCLUSIONS
- References
- 2 - Biological Distances and Population Genetics in Bioarchaeology
- EUCLIDEAN DISTANCE
- MAHALANOBIS'S DISTANCE
- R-MATRIX THEORY AND BIOLOGICAL DISTANCE
- R-MATRIX THEORY AND QUANTITATIVE TRAITS
- ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF GENETIC DRIFT
- EXAMINING DIFFERENTIAL LONG-RANGE GENE FLOW
- CLOSING THOUGHTS
- 3 - Craniometric Data Analysis and Estimation of Biodistance
- HISTORY OF CRANIOMETRIC DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS
- DATA COLLECTION PROTOCOLS
- Types of Measurements
- Selecting Measurements
- Instrumentation
- Options for Recording Measurements
- Error in Craniometry
- Procedures
- HERITABILITY
- BIOARCHAEOLOGICAL AND FORENSIC APPROACHES TO CRANIOMETRIC DATA
- Common Statistical Methods in Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology
- 4 - Advanced Methods in 3-D Craniofacial Morphological Analysis
- REFERENCE DATA SETS ON CRANIOFACIAL VARIATION
- COMPUTER-AIDED LANDMARK PROCESSING FOR SEX AND ANCESTRY ASSESSMENT
- MATERIAL
- 3D-ID Database
- European Data Sets.
- Brazilian Data Sets
- Methods
- Results
- Diachronic Changes in the Central European Data Sets
- Intrapopulation Variation for the Portuguese Sample
- Validation of 3D-ID Database on European Samples
- Sex Estimation
- Ancestry Assessment
- The Forensic 3-D Database-European Data Sets
- Morphological Variation Among Brazilian Groups
- MORPHOLOGICAL AFFINITY OF BRAZILIAN GROUPS TO 3D-ID DATA SETS
- European Brazilians and Iberian Populations
- Japanese Brazilians, Asians, Mesoamericans, and South Americans
- African Brazilians, African Americans, and Native Africans
- DISCUSSION
- CONCLUSION
- 5 - Cranial Nonmetric and Morphoscopic Data Sets
- Nomenclature
- CRANIAL NONMETRIC DATA SETS
- Data Collection Protocols
- Heritability and Cranial Nonmetric Traits
- MORPHOSCOPIC DATA
- Heritability of Morphoscopic Traits
- MEASURES OF BIOLOGICAL DISTANCE
- Bioarchaeology
- Forensic Anthropology
- 6 - Dental Morphology in Biodistance Analysis
- Dental Terminology
- Heritability
- Dental Development
- Threshold Traits
- Data Collection and Treatment
- POPULATION VARIATION
- Sinodont/Sundadont
- Afridont
- Eurodont
- FORENSIC APPLICATION
- BIOARCHAEOLOGICAL APPLICATION
- Intracemetery
- Population Level
- EVOLUTION AND DENTAL MORPHOLOGY
- Hominins
- Anatomically Modern Humans
- 7 - Dental Metrics in Biodistance Analysis
- DENTAL DEVELOPMENT
- DENTAL METRICS: THE DATA
- Mesiodistal Diameter
- Buccolingual Diameter
- Crown Height
- Alternative Measurements
- BIOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS
- Sex
- Age
- Biological Stress
- STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
- Observer Error
- Sexual Dimorphism
- Methods to Negate Multicollinearity
- POPULATION VARIATION AND EVOLUTION.
- FORENSIC APPLICATIONS
- BIOARCHAEOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
- 8 - Do Biological Distances Reflect Genetic Distances? A Comparison of Craniometric and Genetic Distances at Local ...
- BACKGROUND
- METHODS
- Samples
- Local Samples
- Global Population Samples
- Data Collection: Morphological
- Norris Farms #36
- Data Collection: Genetic
- Analytical Methods
- Linear Cranial Data: Local Norris Farms #36 Individuals Only
- Cranial Landmark Data: All Cranial Samples (Local Norris Farms #36 Individuals and Global Populations)
- Genetic Data
- Genetic vs. Morphological Comparisons
- RESULTS
- Local Interindividual Analyses: Norris Farms #36 Individuals
- Linear Cranial Data: Norris Farms #36
- Local Interindividual Level Analyses: Cranial vs. Genetic Distances
- (1A) Local Norris Farms #36 mtDNA HVI vs. Entire Cranium (All Cranial Regions)
- (1B) Local Norris Farms #36 mtDNA HVI vs. Cranial Regions
- Cranial vs. Molecular Distances: Global Population-Level Data
- (2A) Genetic Regions [mtDNA (HVI, HVII-III, and CR) and Autosomal STRs] Each Separately Compared with the Entire Cranium (A ...
- (2B) Genetic Regions [mtDNA (HVI, HVII-III, and CR) and Autosomal STRs] vs. Cranial Regions and Reduced Landmark Set
- 9 - Missing Data Imputation Methods and Their Performance With Biodistance Analyses
- MATERIALS
- Imputation Methods
- Hot Deck
- Iterative Robust Model-Based Imputations
- k-Nearest Neighbor
- Variable Mean
- Missing Data at 25%
- Imputation
- Biodistance
- Missing Data at 50%
- 2 - Biodistance in a Forensic Setting.
- 10 - Forensic Classification and Biodistance in the 21st Century: The Rise of Learning Machines
- ESTIMATING CLASSIFICATION ACCURACY
- OVERFITTING
- FINDING THE BEST MEASUREMENTS
- OTHER TRADITIONAL CLASSIFICATION METHODS
- RESAMPLING
- MACHINE LEARNING
- MATERIALS AND METHODS
- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
- SUMMARY
- 11 - Forensic Ancestry Assessment Using Cranial Nonmetric Traits Traditionally Applied to Biological Distance Studies
- Variable Selection
- Statistical Models
- Machine Learning
- Decision Tree
- Random Forest
- Support Vector Machines
- SVM Models
- The Nature of Phenotypic Variation in Cranial Nonmetric Traits
- Biological Distance and Cranial Nonmetric Trait Data
- 12 - Biological Distance, Migrants, and Reference Group Selection in Forensic Anthropology
- Population Groups
- Migrant Groups
- Forensic Reference Groups
- Craniometric Data
- Analyses
- Arizona and Texas Migrants
- Arizona and Texas Migrants and Forensic Reference Groups
- Combining Groups for Discriminant Function Analysis
- 13 - The Craniometric Implications of a Complex Population History in South Africa
- POPULATION HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA
- GENETIC COMPOSITION OF MODERN SOUTH AFRICAN POPULATIONS
- All Groups Pooled Sexes
- Females
- Males
- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS
- 14 - Complexity of Assessing Migrant Death Place of Origin
- THE UNIDENTIFIED DECEDENTS IN THE UNITED STATES.
- DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILES OF THE FOREIGN-BORN LATINOS
- DECEASED UNDOCUMENTED LATINOS IN THE UNITED STATES
- MEDICAL EXAMINER AND CORONER'S OFFICES' CASEWORK ISSUES
- ARIZONA UNIDENTIFIED DECEDENTS VERSUS NORTH CAROLINA UNIDENTIFIED DECEDENTS
- SAMPLE
- Geometric Morphometrics
- THE TWO-PRONGED APPROACH TO PROVENANCE: GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRICS AND ISOTOPES
- A CASE EXAMPLE USING THE TWO-PRONGED APPROACH
- ISOTOPE METHODS
- 15 - Estimating Ancestry of Fragmentary Remains Via Multiple Classifier Systems: A Study of the Mississippi State A ...
- MISSISSIPPI STATE ASYLUM HISTORY
- Reference Datasets
- Dental Metrics
- Dental Morphology
- Cranial Macromorphoscopic Traits
- Data Collection and Analysis
- 16 - Biological Distance Analysis, Cranial Morphoscopic Traits, and Ancestry Assessment in Forensic Anthropology
- Sample Descriptions
- Canonical Analysis of the Principal Coordinates
- 17 - Dominance in Dental Morphological Traits: Implications for Biological Distance Studies
- Developmental Influences on Dental Morphology
- Genes Influencing Dental Morphology
- Quantitative Analyses of Genetic Effects
- Statistical Issues
- 3 - Biodistance and Population Studies
- 18 - Postmarital Residence Analysis
- The Assessment of Quantitative Trait Phenotypic Variability in Males and in Females
- Analysis of Postmarital Residence in Prehistoric West Central Illinois
- Analyzing Male and Female Within-Site Haplotypic Diversity.
- Analyzing Male and Female Within-Site Phenotypic Diversity for Dichotomous Traits.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780128019719
- 0128019719
- OCLC:
- 953603385
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