3D Anthro and...

  • ...human evolution
  • ...you
  • ...me
  • ...others
  • ...asymmetry

homin skulls

 

 

 

some ergonomic applications on the web...

·  3D head modeling

·  The statistics of overweight

·  Multivariate accommodation

·  Torso shapes and fall-protection

·  Children’s head proportions

 

 

 

 

cv

publications (+ some pdf)

 

 

 

 

morphometrics

·  morphmet

·  morphometrics at Stony Brook

·  NYCEP morphometrics group

 

anthropology

· aapa
· aaa
· pa

 

(A)symmetry

 

BUT...pictures like these, carelessly taken in a photomaton are flawed, because the 2D distorts everything.

 

Here is the same process applied to a 3D scan of my head, split exactly along the midline:

 

 

 

regularme3D righty3D lefty3D
my regular self in 3D right half mirrored left half mirrored
Now my “left” head does not appear so much smaller anymore...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  I am a physical anthropologist who specializes in 3D-anthropometry and shape analysis. I’m interested in human variability, past and present, and how it relates to our evolution and dispersal. While this is mostly academic, there is also a practical side to it: Ergonomics. Anyone who has been squeezed into an airplane for 8 hours, cursing the designer for not making more comfortable seats knows what I mean. 3D-anthropometry can help make things fit better, whether it is a seat, a pair of jeans, or the glasses through which you may be reading this page…