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Sinclair, P. and Wood, Todd Charles (2021) Revising Hominin Baraminology with Medoid Partitioning and Fuzzy Analysis. Answers Research Journal, 14: 19. pp. 451-462. ISSN 1937-9056
To take advantage of innovations in statistical baraminology methods, we re-evaluated the baraminology of hominins using two character sets from Berger et al. (2010) and from Dembo et al. (2016) as modified by Wood (2020a). Traditional distance correlation methods and cluster analysis by medoid partitioning and fuzzy analysis were applied to each character set. Our results revealed a robust cluster of putatively human taxa that was observed in almost every analysis. This cluster included the contentious taxa Homo naledi and Australopithecus sediba, but the status of Homo floresiensis was unresolved. Our results reinforce previous studies using only baraminic distance correlation and multidimensional scaling.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | Q Science (General) > QH Natural History. Biology > QH102 Baraminology. Biosystematics G Geography and Anthropology > GN Anthropology > GN281 Human Evolution. Hominid Fossils Q Science (General) > QA Mathematics > QA75 Computer Science > QA76 Computer Software > QA273 Probabilities and Statistics |
| Depositing User: | Admin |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Sep 2026 23:43 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Sep 2026 23:43 |
| URI: | https://crsq.creationresearch.org/id/eprint/1664 |