Primate Phenotypes: A Multi-Institution Collection of 3D Morphological Data Housed in MorphoSource
The field of phenomics is experiencing unprecedented advances thanks to the rapid growth of morphological quantification based on three-dimensional (3D) imaging, online data repositories, team-oriented collaborations, and open data-sharing policies. In line with these progressions, we present an extensive primate phenotypic dataset comprising >6,000 3D scans (media) representing skeletal morphologies of 386 individual specimens covering all hominoid genera (except humans) and other selected primates. The digitized specimens are housed in physical collections at the American Museum of Natural History, the National Museum of Natural History, the Royal Museum for Central Africa (Belgium), the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, and Stony Brook University. Our technical validation indicates that despite the diverse digitizing devices used to produce the scans, the final 3D models (meshes) can be safely combined to collect comparable morphometric data. The entire dataset (and detailed associated metadata) is freely available through MorphoSource. Hence, these data contribute to empowering the future of primate phenomics and providing a roadmap for future digitization and archiving of digital data from other collections.
Authors
- Christopher M. Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9259-1079)
- Sergio Almécija (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1373-1497)
- Caley M. Orr (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1156-1543)
- Neil Duncan
- Matthew W. Tocheri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7600-8998)
- Eric Delson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4062-7567)
- Alisha Anaya
- Douglas Boyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8697-2999)
- Biren A. Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1844-1931)
- Nancy B. Simmons (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8807-7499)
- Julie Winchester
- Ashley S. Hammond (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8444-0553)
- Darrin P. Lunde
- Kelsey D. Pugh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8029-0623)
- Santiago Andrés Catalano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9153-1365)
- Stephanie Maiolino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4217-1791)
- Robert S. Voss
- Emmanuel Gilissen
- Teresa Hsu
- Megan K. Viera
Institutions
- Smithsonian Institution (US)
- University of Southern California (US)
- The Graduate Center, CUNY (US)
- National University of Tucumán (AR)
- Royal Museum for Central Africa (BE)
- Université Libre de Bruxelles (BE)
- Australian Research Council (AU)
- American Museum of Natural History (US)
- National Museum of Natural History (US)
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (AR)
- Lehman College (US)
- Duke University (US)
- City University of New York (US)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- University of Wollongong (AU)
- Stony Brook School (US)
- New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology (US)
- Fundación Miguel Lillo (AR)
- Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (ES)
- Unidad Ejecutora Lillo (AR)
- Stony Brook University (US)
- Lakehead University (CA)
- University of Colorado Denver (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Scientific Data
- Published
- 2024-12-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-04261-5
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.86
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- American Museum of Natural History
- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
- Agencia Estatal de Investigación