Antonio Profico1, Costantino Buzi2, Marina Melchionna3, Alessio Veneziano4, Pasquale Raia3. 1. PalaeoHub, Department of Archaeology, University of York, York, UK. 2. Dipartimento di Biologia Ambientale, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy. 3. Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, dell'Ambiente e delle Risorse, Università di Napoli, Naples, Italy. 4. Elettra Synchrotron Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Reproducing cranial endocasts is a major goal of researchers interested in vertebrate brain evolution. We present a new R software, named endomaker, which allows the automatic extraction of endocasts from skull meshes along with the calculation of its volume. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We applied endomaker on non-primate and primate skulls including the Australopithecus africanus specimen Sts-5. RESULTS: We proved endomaker is faster, more feature-rich and possibly more accurate than competing software. DISCUSSION: Endomaker is the only available program endowed with the possibility to process an entire mesh directory straight away, promising to expand the scope and phylogenetic breadth of comparative studies of brain evolution.
OBJECTIVES: Reproducing cranial endocasts is a major goal of researchers interested in vertebrate brain evolution. We present a new R software, named endomaker, which allows the automatic extraction of endocasts from skull meshes along with the calculation of its volume. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We applied endomaker on non-primate and primate skulls including the Australopithecus africanus specimen Sts-5. RESULTS: We proved endomaker is faster, more feature-rich and possibly more accurate than competing software. DISCUSSION: Endomaker is the only available program endowed with the possibility to process an entire mesh directory straight away, promising to expand the scope and phylogenetic breadth of comparative studies of brain evolution.
Authors: Jean Dumoncel; Gérard Subsol; Stanley Durrleman; Anne Bertrand; Edwin de Jager; Anna C Oettlé; Zarina Lockhat; Farhana E Suleman; Amélie Beaudet Journal: J Anat Date: 2020-09-30 Impact factor: 2.610