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1. Morphometrics

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   The formal discipline emerged slowly from natural history categorization in the 19th century. Early practitioners were primarily concerned with typological classification, seeking immutable species boundaries based on standardized dimensions of skeletal elements. Notable early studies focused heavily on the cranial measurements of mammals, leading to the establishment of standardized craniometric indices, such as the [cephali…