Landmark-based Geometric Morphometrics and the Study of Allometry

Landmark-based geometric morphometrics is a computationally efficient and statistically powerful approach to the analysis of shape variation. In this paper, we present an overview of these methods, summarize how they can be incorporated into the study of size/development-related shape variation, and illustrate how physical anthropologists have exploited these methods to characterize human variation relevant to the building of accurate human models for safety and injury research.