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The Judges
Evolutionary Morphing
Credit: Nina Amenta and David Wiley, University of California, Davis; Eric Delson, CUNY;
F. James Rohlf, SUNY, Stony Brook; and others


By precisely relating landmark points on one skull image to similar points on another, computer scientist Nina Amenta and colleagues calculate hypothetical, 3D ancestors within an evolutionary tree. This video offers a transformative look into monkey morphology, culminating in the evolution of one common ancestor's cranium through five branches of descendants.
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