Australia: Australia

In TestDimorph: Analysis of the Interpopulation Difference in Degree of Sexual Dimorphism Using Summary Statistics

Australia

Description

Raw data from Joseph Birdsell's 1938 survey. The data is from two regions (B1 and B19), see Gilligan and Bulbeck (2007) for a map of the regions. Data downloaded from Dr. Peter Brown's website: https://www.peterbrown-palaeoanthropology.net/resource.html

Usage

Australia

Format

A data frame with 94 rows and 9 variables:

Pop

(Region) ("B1" = Southwest Australia, "B19" = Northeast Australia), see Gilligan and Bulbeck (2007)

Sex

Sex coded as "F" or "M"

Weight.kg

body weight in kilograms

Stature.mm

Standing height in millimeters

Hum.Lgth

Humeral length in millimeters

Rad.Lgth

Radius length in millimeters

Fem.Lgth

Femoral length in millimeters

Tib.Lgth

Tibial length in millimeters

Bi.illiac

Bi-illiac breadth in millimeters

References

Gilligan, I., & Bulbeck, D. (2007). Environment and morphology in Australian Aborigines: A re-analysis of the Birdsell database. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 134(1), 75-91.

TestDimorph documentation built on Nov. 18, 2023, 1:11 a.m.