Department of Anatomy, New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, New York, USA.
New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, New York, USA.
Evol Anthropol. 2020 Jul;29(4):173-179. doi: 10.1002/evan.21836. Epub 2020 Jun 18.
Longitudinal morphological growth data of apes are incredibly difficult to obtain. Long life histories, combined with practical and ethical issues of obtaining such long-term data have resulted in few longitudinal data sets in chimpanzees of known chronological ages. One classic, long-term growth study of chimpanzees was that of Drs Nissen and Riesen initiated at the Yale Laboratories of Primate Biology in 1939. Through that study, whole-body radiological images were taken on a regular basis from a "normative" group of chimpanzees from birth to adulthood. Here we have digitized the known remaining radiographs from that growth study, many of which are deteriorating, and uploaded the data set to the free, online database MorphoSource. The database comprises 3,568 X-ray images of 15 of the 16 chimpanzee subjects in the normative group and 1 individual from an experimental group. Herein, we briefly review the historical context of this study and specific details of the data set.
获得灵长类动物的纵向形态生长数据极其困难。由于生命历程较长，以及获取此类长期数据的实际和伦理问题，因此已知年龄的黑猩猩的纵向数据集很少。对黑猩猩进行的一项经典的长期生长研究是由 Nissen 和 Riesen 博士于 1939 年在耶鲁灵长类动物生物学实验室开始的。通过该研究，从出生到成年，对“正常”组的黑猩猩定期进行全身放射性图像拍摄。在这里，我们对该生长研究中已知的剩余射线照片进行了数字化处理，其中许多照片正在恶化，并将数据集上传到免费的在线数据库 MorphoSource。该数据库包括来自正常组的 16 只黑猩猩中的 15 只和来自实验组的 1 只个体的 3568 张 X 射线图像。在此，我们简要回顾了这项研究的历史背景以及数据集的具体细节。
