NeanderthalBrains


Brain size (<code>lnbrain</code>) and body mass (<code>lnmass</code>) in Neanderthals
and early modern humans (<code>species</code>).


datasets

The abd package contains data sets and sample code for The
Analysis of Biological Data by Michael Whitlock and Dolph Schluter (2009;
Roberts & Company Publishers).

Kevin M Middleton

The Analysis of Biological Data

NeanderthalBrains function

A data frame with 39 observations on the following 3 variables.
<dl>
<dt>ln.mass</dt><dd>log of body mass (kg)</dd> <dt>ln.brain</dt><dd>log of brain size</dd>
 <dt>species</dt><dd>a factor
with levels <code>neanderthal</code> <code>recent</code></dd>
 </dl>

Format

Ruff, C.B., E. Trinkaus, and T.W. Holliday. 1997. Body mass and
encephalization in Pleistocene <em>Homo</em>. <em>Nature</em> 387: 173-176.

NeanderthalBrains: Cranial Capacity in Neanderthals and Modern Humans

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