title: A collection of non-human primate computed tomography scans housed in MorphoSource, a repository for 3D data.
abstract: A dataset of high-resolution microCT scans of primate skulls (crania and mandibles) and certain postcranial elements was collected to address questions about primate skull morphology. The sample consists of 489 scans taken from 431 specimens, representing 59 species of most Primate families. These data have transformative reuse potential as such datasets are necessary for conducting high power research into primate evolution, but require significant time and funding to collect. Similar datasets were previously only available to select research groups across the world. The physical specimens are vouchered at Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology. The data collection took place at the Center for Nanoscale Systems at Harvard. The dataset is archived on MorphoSource.org. Though this is the largest high fidelity comparative dataset yet available, its provisioning on a web archive that allows unlimited researcher contributions promises a future with vastly increased digital collections available at researchers' finger tips.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Human Origins and School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.
authors.forename: Lynn E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Copes
authors.affiliation: Institute of Human Origins and School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.
authors.forename: Lynn M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Lucas
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: James O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Thostenson
authors.affiliation: Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Hopi E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Hoekstra
authors.affiliation: Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Doug M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Boyer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008334:Mandible / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011323:Primates; D012886:Skull / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D055114:X-Ray Microtomography
references.citation: Nat Methods. 2012 Jul;9(7):676-82
references.pmid: 22743772
references.citation: Nat Methods. 2012 Jul;9(7):671-5
references.pmid: 22930834
references.citation: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Jun 26;104(26):10808-12
references.pmid: 17576932
references.citation: J Hum Evol. 2016 Jan;90:120-34
references.pmid: 26767964