Morphological Characteristics of Healthy and Osteoarthritic Joint Surfaces in Archaeological Skeletons (2013)
Journal Article
Plomp, K., Roberts, C., & Strand Viðarsdόttir, U. (2015). Morphological Characteristics of Healthy and Osteoarthritic Joint Surfaces in Archaeological Skeletons. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 25(4), 515-527. https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.2319

Osteoarthritis is a major health concern in living populations, as well as being one of the most common pathological lesions identified in the archaeological record. The aetiology of the disease remains unclear, with a multi-factorial influence of ph... Read More about Morphological Characteristics of Healthy and Osteoarthritic Joint Surfaces in Archaeological Skeletons.

Moving peoples, changing diets: Isotopic differences highlight migration and subsistence changes in the Upper Mun River Valley, Thailand (2013)
Journal Article
King, C., Bentley, R., Tayles, N., Strand Vidarsdottir, U., Nowell, G., & Macpherson, C. (2013). Moving peoples, changing diets: Isotopic differences highlight migration and subsistence changes in the Upper Mun River Valley, Thailand. Journal of Archaeological Science, 40(4), 1681-1688. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2012.11.013

The dramatic growth of dietary isotope studies in archaeological literature attests to the significant potential this technique has for shedding light on past societies. Human diet reflects complex, inter-linked factors such as status, cultural prefe... Read More about Moving peoples, changing diets: Isotopic differences highlight migration and subsistence changes in the Upper Mun River Valley, Thailand.

Pig domestication and human-mediated dispersal in western Eurasia revealed through ancient DNA and geometric morphometrics (2013)
Journal Article
Ottoni, C., Girdland Flink, L., Evin, A., Geörgi, C., De Cupere, E., Van Neer, W., …Larson, G. (2013). Pig domestication and human-mediated dispersal in western Eurasia revealed through ancient DNA and geometric morphometrics. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 30(4), 824-832. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/mss261

Zooarcheological evidence suggests that pigs were domesticated in Southwest Asia ∼8,500 BC. They then spread across the Middle and Near East and westward into Europe alongside early agriculturalists. European pigs were either domesticated independent... Read More about Pig domestication and human-mediated dispersal in western Eurasia revealed through ancient DNA and geometric morphometrics.

Vertebral morphology influences the development of Schmorl's nodes in the lower thoracic vertebrae. (2012)
Journal Article
Plomp, K., Roberts, C., & Strand Viðarsdóttir, U. (2012). Vertebral morphology influences the development of Schmorl's nodes in the lower thoracic vertebrae. American journal of physical anthropology, 149(4), 572-582. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.22168

Craniofacial Evolution in Polynesia: A Geometric Morphometric Study of Population Diversity. (2012)
Journal Article
Buck, T., & Strand Viđarsdóttir, U. (2012). Craniofacial Evolution in Polynesia: A Geometric Morphometric Study of Population Diversity. American Journal of Human Biology, 24(6), 776-785. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.22315

Objectives: This study tests differences in craniofacial size and shape attributed to demographic history and plastic responses to differing environments in the islands of Polynesia. The dispersal of modern humans into Polynesia provides a useful sce... Read More about Craniofacial Evolution in Polynesia: A Geometric Morphometric Study of Population Diversity..

Developmental response to cold stress in cranial morphology of _Rattus_: implications for the interpretation of climatic adaptation in fossil hominins (2006)
Journal Article
Rae, T., Viðarsdóttir, U., Jeffery, N., & Steegmann Jr., A. (2006). Developmental response to cold stress in cranial morphology of _Rattus_: implications for the interpretation of climatic adaptation in fossil hominins. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 273(1601), 2605-2610. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2006.3629

Adaptation to climate occupies a central position in biological anthropology. The demonstrable relationship between temperature and morphology in extant primates (including humans) forms the basis of the interpretation of the Pleistocene hominin Homo... Read More about Developmental response to cold stress in cranial morphology of _Rattus_: implications for the interpretation of climatic adaptation in fossil hominins.

Morphology and molecules: a study of diversity and dispersal in the island populations of South Asia. (2005)
Journal Article
Strand Vidarsdottir, U., Buck, T., Cooper, A., Endicott, P., & Stringer, C. (2005). Morphology and molecules: a study of diversity and dispersal in the island populations of South Asia. American journal of physical anthropology, 200-200

Inter- and intra-specific variation in the ontogeny of the hominoid facial skeleton: testing assumptions on ontogenetic variability (2004)
Journal Article
Strand Vidarsdóttir, U., & Cobb, S. (2004). Inter- and intra-specific variation in the ontogeny of the hominoid facial skeleton: testing assumptions on ontogenetic variability. Annals of Anatomy, 186(5-6), 423-428. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0940-9602%2804%2980076-1

In this paper we use geometric morphometric techniques to test two assumptions that are commonly made about variations in facial ontogeny: closely related species, or members of the same species, will share a common early post-natal ontogeny; and clo... Read More about Inter- and intra-specific variation in the ontogeny of the hominoid facial skeleton: testing assumptions on ontogenetic variability.

A proposed method for the identification of race in sub-adult skeletons: a geometric morphometric analysis of mandibular morphology (2004)
Journal Article
Buck, T., & Strand Vidarsdóttir, U. (2004). A proposed method for the identification of race in sub-adult skeletons: a geometric morphometric analysis of mandibular morphology. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 49(6), 1159-1164. https://doi.org/10.1520/jfs2004074

The identification of biological race (ancestry) in skeletal material is an important aspect of forensic investigations. While techniques for race determination are well established for adult skeletons, identification of race in sub-adult specimens h... Read More about A proposed method for the identification of race in sub-adult skeletons: a geometric morphometric analysis of mandibular morphology.

Developmental variation in the facial skeleton of anatomically modern Homo sapiens (2003)
Book Chapter
Strand Vidarsdóttir, U., & O'Higgins, P. (2003). Developmental variation in the facial skeleton of anatomically modern Homo sapiens. In J. Thompson, G. Krovitz, & A. Nelson (Eds.), Patterns of growth and development in the genus homo (114-143). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.2277/0521822726

A geometric morphometric study of regional differences in the ontogeny of the modern human facial skeleton (2002)
Journal Article
Strand Vidarsdóttir, U., O'Higgins, P., & Stringer, C. (2002). A geometric morphometric study of regional differences in the ontogeny of the modern human facial skeleton. Journal of Anatomy, 201(3), 211-229. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1469-7580.2002.00092.x

This study examines interpopulation variations in the facial skeleton of 10 modern human populations and places these in an ontogenetic perspective. It aims to establish the extent to which the distinctive features of adult representatives of these p... Read More about A geometric morphometric study of regional differences in the ontogeny of the modern human facial skeleton.