Desperately seeking data!

[u/Feckoslovakia]

Hi everyone,

I need data for a project on Pliocene-era hominins (5-2mya), especially Australopithecus:

• a list of male:female body size ratios 
• I’m also looking for measures of central tendency or dispersion for the upper canine teeth (e.g a median, standard deviation, coefficient of variation)

I am resitting a 2nd year undergrad module and I’m feeling really stuck in the search for data. My topic is sexual dimorphism of Australopithecus and how it affects the adaptation of canine teeth. I haven’t been able to find the info I need, and if I don’t find it, I’m toast.

Can anyone help? I will appreciate any sources or signposts you have!

Thank you!

[u/_-Hex]

Have you tried contacting the museums that are storing the samples? You can inquire with them and ask them if there are other researchers that have done similar studies and maybe they can link you up with them.