Fractal analysis and its applications in human palaentology |
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Authors: | J M Arqués J Gibert |
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Institution: | (1) Departament d’Informàtica. Combinatòria i Comunicació Digital, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra;(2) Institut de Paleontologia, Escola Industrial 23, 08201 Sabadell |
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Abstract: | Fractal analysis was applied in human palaentology by Gibert and Palmqvist to estimate the value of the fractal dimension
obtained from the cranial sutures preserved in the fragment of occipital bone (VM-0) found at the Venta Micena site. This
paper also estimated the values of fractal dimension for different specimens in order to establish a taxonomy. Although that
initial study demonstrated that the technique could be useful in human palaentology, the large variability of sutures observed
in the VM-0 sample requires a mechanism that makes it possible to automatically obtain an objective plot of the suture to
be analyzed. |
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Keywords: | fractal dimension compass dimension box counting dimension cranial sutures |
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