Ceprano Hominin Endocast: Virtual Reconstruction and Analysis from ~400 ka Italy

Supplementary material for a study on the virtual endocast of the Middle Pleistocene Ceprano hominin calvaria from Italy. The document includes analyses of endocranial capacity, geometric morphometrics, and cladistics based on 34 discrete characters. The dataset, a 234.5 KB DOC file, was uploaded by a figshare admin and is licensed under CC-BY-4.0.

Use Cases

• Studying endocranial capacity evolution based on the reported 1165 ml measurement.
• Analyzing morphological intermediates in hominin brain shape using geometric morphometrics mentioned in the description.
• Conducting phylogenetic analysis based on the 34 discrete endocranial characters used for cladistics.
• Investigating taphonomic distortion in fossil specimens via the described retrodeformation methodology.

Strengths

• Includes analysis of a key Middle Pleistocene hominin specimen dated to ~400 ka.
• Reports a specific endocranial capacity measurement of 1165 ml.
• Employs a dual analytical approach using both original and retrodeformed reconstructions.
• Uses a cladistic framework with 34 discrete endocranial characters.

Limitations

• The dataset is a 234.5 KB DOC file, indicating a very limited scope, likely a supplementary document rather than a primary data table.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for quantitative analysis.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Analysis of the Ceprano calvaria fossil, including virtual endocast reconstruction.

Time Range

Middle Pleistocene (~400,000 years ago)

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-01 07:16:02; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Ceprano, Italy