Quantifying the relationship between bone and soft tissue measures within the rhesus macaques of Cayo Santiago.
Cassandra M TurcotteAudrey M ChoiJeffrey K SpearEva M Hernandez-JanerHannah G TaboadaMichala K StockCatalina Isabel VillamilSamuel E Baumannull nullMelween I MartinezLauren J N BrentNoah Snyder-MacklerMichael J MontagueMichael L PlattScott A WilliamsJames P HighamSusan C AntónPublished in: American journal of biological anthropology (2024)
Skeletal measurements are good substitutions for somatic values based on population signals of variation. OLS regressions indicate that skeletal correlates are highly predictive of somatic dimensions. The protocols and regression equations established here provide a basis for reliable reconstruction of somatic dimension from catarrhine fossils and validate our ability to compare or combine results of studies based on population data of either hard or soft tissue proxies.