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CRANIOMETRIC SEX DETERMINATION IN THE COLOBUS SKULL
Author(s) -
CAVE A. J. E.,
STEEL F. L. D.
Publication year - 1964
Publication title -
proceedings of the zoological society of london
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.915
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1469-7998
pISSN - 0370-2774
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1964.tb03874.x
Subject(s) - discriminant function analysis , skull , primate , multivariate statistics , sexual dimorphism , biology , zoology , mathematics , statistics , anatomy , ecology
The accuracy of the multivariate discriminant function is tested in a series of Colobus badius preussi skulls of known sex: it is shown to be valid for non‐human primate material and superior to other metrical methods of sex determination.