Dental linear metrics from a wild population of baboons (Papio cynocephalus), Kenya

This dataset contains 82 standard linear dimensions of maxillary and mandibular teeth from 126 individuals from a wild population of yellow baboons (Papio hamadrays cynocephalus, or Papio cynocephalus, depending on your taxonomic practice for baboons) from Kenya. The measurements were taken from a skeletonized population of baboons culled because they were \"pests\" to a sisal plantation. The Director of the Department of Osteology at the Kenyan National Museums collected the carcasses and prepared them as skeletons. The specimens are located in Nairobi, housed in the Kenyan National Museums. See our 2007 paper for more details. The research question driving this data collection was to test whether or not the latent structure of dental phenotypic variation within a wild population of baboons is similar to the dental phenotypic variation in a captive, pedigreed population of baboons. We had conducted quantitative genetic analyses of dental variation in the captive colony used for quantitat..., L.J. Hlusko collected these data in Nairobi at the National Museums of Kenya in 2002 and 2003 using fixed-jawed dental calipers (Mitutoyo© Model NTD12-6″C). Each measurement was collected two or three times (three times if the data were collected in 2002, and twice if they were collected in 2003), and the average of those two measurements is presented here. A total of 82 linear dimensions were measured for each individual, although the full set of 82 measurements was not possible to take from all individuals.
Mesiodistal and buccolingual dimensions follow standard definitions. The mandibular molar protoconid radial enamel thickness follows the protocol developed in

Hlusko, L.J., Suwa, G., Kono, R.T. and Mahaney, M.C., 2004. Genetics and the evolution of primate enamel thickness: a baboon model. American Journal of Physical Anthropology: The Official Publication of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, 124(3), pp.223-233. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.10353

, , # Dental linear metrics from a wild population of baboons (*Papio cynocephalus*), Kenya

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## Description of the data and file structure

The data are uploaded in a tab-delimited text file. All measurements are in millimeters.

Details about each of the 84 columns in the dataset and definitions of the 82 measurements:

| Column Name | Definition |
| :---------- | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ID | unique number for each individual, following the numbers that are used in the KNM Department of Osteology ...