Introducing “Validated entheses-Based reconstruction of activity 2.0” (VERA 2.0): Semi-automated 3D analysis of bone surface changes

Fotios Alexandros Karakostis

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0321479

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Introducing “Validated entheses-Based reconstruction of activity 2.0” (VERA 2.0): Semi-automated 3D analysis of bone surface changes

Fotios Alexandros Karakostis

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* fotios-alexandros.karakostis@uni-tuebingen.de

Affiliations Palaeoanthropology, Department of Geosciences, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment, Senckenberg Research Institute, Tübingen, Germany, Integrative Prehistory and Archaeological Science, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3913-4332

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Introducing “Validated entheses-Based reconstruction of activity 2.0” (VERA 2.0): Semi-automated 3D analysis of bone surface changes

Fotios Alexandros Karakostis

Published: April 16, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0321479

About the Authors

Fotios Alexandros Karakostis

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* fotios-alexandros.karakostis@uni-tuebingen.de

Affiliations Palaeoanthropology, Department of Geosciences, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment, Senckenberg Research Institute, Tübingen, Germany, Integrative Prehistory and Archaeological Science, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3913-4332

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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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