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Presents a pilot study of the among-sample morphological variation of modern 19th Cubans, Precontact Cubans, 17th Century Spanish and Terry Blacks using landmarks-based Procrustes analysis from geometric morphometrics. Biological variation of Cuban Americans which will facilitate the development of identification criteria specific for the U.S. hybrid Hispanic community; Conclusion that the application of available traditional craniometric and non-metric methods are not appropriate for the Latin population in South Florida.