Genetic admixture, self-reported ethnicity, self-estimated admixture, and skin pigmentation among Hispanics and Native Americans.

abstract：:Dentitions of 208 prehistoric skeletal specimens from five geographic regions of Oregon were studied to describe their dental status. Comparisons were made of the incidence of specific pathologies among regions and between jaws. Maxillary premortem tooth losses were significantly higher than mandibular tooth loss. A r...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Hall RL,Morrow R,Clarke JH

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Farming is among the three most hazardous occupations in modern society and perhaps also held a similar position during the medieval period. The goal of this study was to determine if there is a significant difference in frequencies and patterns of longbone fracture trauma observed between rural and urban activity bas...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Judd MA,Roberts CA

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Historical and anthropological data suggest that skeletons excavated from an 11th to 15th century mass grave in Bondy, France, may be those of victims of the Great Plague. Using high-throughput real-time PCR investigation of the dental pulp collected from 14 teeth from five such skeletons, we detected Bartonella quint...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Tran TN,Forestier CL,Drancourt M,Raoult D,Aboudharam G

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mexican Americans are a numerous and fast growing ethnic population in the United States. Yet little is known about their genetic structure. Since they are a hybrid, it is of interest to identify their parental populations and to estimate the relative contributions of these groups. This information is relevant to hist...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Long JC,Williams RC,McAuley JE,Medis R,Partel R,Tregellas WM,South SF,Rea AE,McCormick SB,Iwaniec U

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new partial skeleton of Proconsul nyanzae from Mfangano Island, Kenya (KNM-MW 13142) includes five lumbar vertebrae, a partial sacrum, and nearly complete hipbone. Until recently, little was known of the axial and pelvic skeletons of Proconsul, or any early Miocene hominoid. Because torso morphology directly reflect...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Ward CV

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The name "Wampanoag" means "Eastern People" or "People of the First Light" in the local dialect of the Algonquian language. Once extensively populating the coastal lands and neighboring islands of the eastern United States, the Wampanoag people now consist of two federally recognized tribes, the Aquinnah and Mashpee, ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Zhadanov SI,Dulik MC,Markley M,Jennings GW,Gaieski JB,Elias G,Schurr TG,Genographic Project Consortium.

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enamel hypoplasias, deficiencies in enamel thickness resulting from disturbances during the secretory phase of enamel development, are generally believed to result from nonspecific metabolic and nutritional disruptions. However, data are scare on the prevalence and chronological distributions. of hypoplasias in popula...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Goodman AH,Allen LH,Hernandez GP,Amador A,Arriola LV,Chávez A,Pelto GH

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate sex assignment of ancient human remains usually relies on the availability of coxal bones or well-preserved DNA. Iron (Fe) and copper (Cu) stable isotope compositions ((56)Fe/(54)Fe and (65)Cu/(63)Cu, respectively) were recently measured in modern human blood, and an unexpected result was the discovery of a (...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Jaouen K,Balter V,Herrscher E,Lamboux A,Telouk P,Albarède F

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are numerous structural defects that occur in primate teeth due to variable calcification during certain growth stages. These interruptions are usually areas of hypomineralization in enamel and dentin which are referred to as Striae of Retzius and Hunter Shreger bands in the enamel or Incremental Lines of von Eb...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Molnar S,Ward SC

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult males in social groups often compete with other male group members for access to adult females. In some primate species, males also seek mating opportunities in neighboring social groups. Such extra-group fertilizations (EGFs) provide an additional source of variation in male fitness. This additional component o...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Lawler RR

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Archaeological and ethnohistorical documents suggest that the Chachapoya region was inhabited by a number of distinct sociopolitical groups that only united in the face of their common enemy, the Inka. The purpose of this research is to quantify the amount of internal genetic differentiation and levels of extraregiona...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Nystrom KC

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Weight, stature, arm circumference, and the triceps skinfold were measured in 1,410 school children, 6 through 14 years of age, from two urban colonias in the city of Oaxaca de Juarez (n = 479), and from two rural Ladino (n = 467) and two rural Zapotec (n = 464) communities in the Valley of Oaxaca in southern Mexico. ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Malina RM,Himes JH,Stepick CD,Lopez FG,Buschang PH

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In comparing long-bone cross-sectional geometric properties between individuals, percentages of bone length are often used to identify equivalent locations along the diaphysis. In fragmentary specimens where bone lengths cannot be measured, however, these locations must be estimated more indirectly. In this study, we ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Sládek V,Berner M,Galeta P,Friedl L,Kudrnová S

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multivariate analyses, supplemented by univariate statistical methods, of measurements from mandibular tooth crown dimensions and the mandible of Gigantopithecus blacki, G. bilaspurensis, Plio-Plelstocene hominids, Homo erectus, and seven Neogene ape species from the genera Proconsul, Sivapithecus, Ouranopithecus, and...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Gelvin BR

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gorillas occupy a variety of habitats from the west coast to eastern central Africa. These habitats differ considerably in altitude, which has a pronounced effect on forest ecology. Although all gorillas are obligate terrestrial knuckle-walking quadrupeds, those that live in lowland habitats eat fruits and climb more ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Dunn RH,Tocheri MW,Orr CM,Jungers WL

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The production of structured and repetitive sounds by striking objects is a behavior found not only in humans, but also in a variety of animal species, including chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). In this study we examined individual and social factors that may influence the frequency with which individuals engage in drum...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Babiszewska M,Schel AM,Wilke C,Slocombe KE

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mandibular cross sections of Pan, Pongo, Gorilla, Homo, and two fossil specimens of Paranthropus were examined by computed tomography (CT) to determine the biomechanical properties of the hominoid mandibular corpus. Images obtained by CT reveal that while the fossil hominids do not differ significantly from extant hom...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Daegling DJ

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study is to demonstrate advantages of principal component analysis (PCA) as a standardized procedure in the evaluation of osteoarthritis (OA) in a skeletal series to: (1) compute aggregate scores for joint complexes that accurately capture pathological expression, (2) reveal which variabl...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Calce SE,Kurki HK,Weston DA,Gould L

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unbiased selection of regions of interest (ROIs) and unbiased definition of histological structures are needed to improve the repeatability of microscopic methods for age at death determination and to reduce operator subjectivity. We present results obtained by selecting ROIs according to stereological principles on a...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Villa C,Lynnerup N

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modern humans, among extant hominoids, possess a unique projecting, external nose whose basic structure is reflected in a series of skeletal features including nasal bone convexity, an internasal angle, lateral nasal aperture eversion, prominence and anterior positioning of the anterior nasal spine, an acute angle of ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Franciscus RG,Trinkaus E

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The height records of 48,589 conscripts born in Jujuy between 1870 and 1960 were examined in order to study the variation in adult male height (AMH) in terms of geographical altitude and surnames. Data were clustered by origin of surnames (divided into native and foreign names), decades, and according to the four Juje...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Bejarano IF,Dipierri JE,Andrade A,Alfaro EL

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The basicranium has been argued to contain a strong phylogenetic signal in previous analyses of primate cranial morphology. Therefore, further study of basicranial morphology may offer new insights into controversial phylogenetic relationships within primate groups. In this study, I apply 3-D geometric morphometric te...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Gilbert CC

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maxillofacial and dental arch dimensions of the Bolivian Aymara population are age and sex dependent. Interpopulational comparisons reveal these dimensions to differ from those seen in Aleuts, Australian aborigines, and Swedes, but to be similar to those of the indigenous Taiwanese. Finally, these dimensions are not t...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Palomino H,Barton SA,Murillo F,Schull WJ

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recently proposed model for canine reduction in hominid evolution (the "dual selection" model) suggests that canine reduction occurs as a result of selection for incorporation of the canines into a functional incisal field. Among the evidence used to support this model are patterns of wear and occlusion of the canin...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Plavcan JM,Kelley J

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this investigation was to analyze the underlying cause(s) of secular changes in craniofacial dimensions among indigenous children in an isolated community in Oaxaca, southern Mexico, between 1968-2000. Subjects were schoolchildren resident in a rural, agrarian, Zapotec-speaking community in the Valley...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Little BB,Buschang PH,Peña Reyes ME,Tan SK,Malina RM

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has long been thought that the prefrontal cerebral cortex has been greatly expanded in the human brain. Semendeferi et al. ([2001] Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 114:224-241) showed that Brodmann's area 10 is relatively larger in the human compared to pongid brains. The question is: how much larger relatively is it? Using...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Holloway RL

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The analysis of 36 human skeletons (eight subadults, 13 males, 15 females) recovered during a cemetery relocation near Charleston, SC, provides data on health and disease for a 19th-century sample of Afro-Americans. The majority of the burials date from 1840-1870. Skeletal analysis verified some historical interpretat...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Rathbun TA

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Ainu people are considered to be the descendants of preagricultural native populations of northern Japan, while the majority of the population of contemporary Japan (Wajin) is descended mainly from postneolithic migrants. Polymorphisms of the HLA-DRB1, DRB3, and DQB1 alleles were investigated in DNA samples of 50 ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Bannai M,Tokunaga K,Imanishi T,Harihara S,Fujisawa K,Juji T,Omoto K

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dramatic changes in cranial capacity have characterized human evolution. Important evolutionary hypotheses, such as the spatial packing hypothesis, assert that increases in relative brain size (encephalization) have caused alterations to the modern human skull, resulting in a suite of traits unique among extant primat...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Lesciotto KM,Richtsmeier JT

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Hadar site in Ethiopia is a prolific source of hominid fossils attributed to the species Australopithecus afarensis, which spans the period 3.4-3.0 million years (myr) in the Sidi Hakoma, Denen Dora and lower Kada Hadar Members of the Hadar Formation. Since 1992 a major focus of field work conducted at Hadar has c...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Kimbel WH,Johanson DC,Rak Y

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00