Age estimation from stages of union of the vertebral epiphyses of the ribs.

abstract：:The existence of an apomorphic reciprocal chromosomal translocation in the gorilla lineage has been asserted or denied by various cytogeneticists. We employed a new molecular cytogenetic strategy (chromosomal in situ suppression hybridization) combined with high-resolution banding, replication sequence analysis, and f...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Stanyon R,Wienberg J,Romagno D,Bigoni F,Jauch A,Cremer T

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Variation in long bone cross-sectional geometry can be given a more precise functional interpretation using engineering beam theory. However, difficulties in measurement technique have generally prevented studies of large samples of cross sections in this way. In the present study, an automated system utilizing an ele...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Ruff CB,Hayes WC

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe iodine deficiency may lead to endemic cretinism, which is characterized by a number of abnormalities, such as mental retardation, neurological abnormalities and hearing disorders. These abnormalities may occur in various combinations, but impaired mental development is always a component. The present study was ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Bleichrodt N,Drenth PJ,Querido A

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New data were obtained on mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from Guahibo from Venezuela, a group so far not studied using molecular data. A population sample (n = 59) was analyzed for mtDNA variation in two control-region hypervariable segments (HV1 and HV2) by sequencing. The presence or absence of a 9-bp polymorphism in the...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Vona G,Falchi A,Moral P,Calò CM,Varesi L

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine human mandibular first premolars were examined to assess variation in external morphology and enamel structural organization within a tooth type. The relationship of enamel ultrastructure to gross dental morphology was also studied. The teeth were cut in the mesiodistal direction just lingual to the buccal cusp, ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Stern D,Skobe Z

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a survey of dental health status of ancient Southern Peru, 101 skeletal remains were studied from five cultures: Paracas, Nazca, Tiahuanaco, Ica, and Inca. The Paracas and Ica cultures exhibited more missing antemortem teeth per mandible than the other cultures. Frequency of missing one or more third molars was les...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Elzay RP,Allison MJ,Pezzia A

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The geometry of the midshaft cross-sections of the femur and humerus of five indriid species was analysed. Internal (marrow cavity) and external diameters were measured on X-rays in the anteroposterior (a-p) and mediolateral (m-l) planes; cross-sectional areas, second moments of area, and section moduli were calculate...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Demes B,Jungers WL,Selpien K

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Pelvic features, mostly known as parturition scars, have been extensively studied in the last decades and are frequently investigated in archaeological and forensic contexts. It is still unclear, however, whether they really relate to pregnancy and birth, or whether these features are caused by other biomech...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Waltenberger L,Pany-Kucera D,Rebay-Salisbury K,Mitteroecker P

更新日期：2020-12-09 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：:Field studies of feeding in the lemur subspecies Lemur fulvus rufus and L. f. mayottensis have revealed that feeding patterns within a single species can be markedly different, both regionally and seasonally. Thus L. f. rufus is a dietary specialist (3 plant species accounting for 80-90% of feeding time), and is highl...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Kay RF,Sussman RW,Tattersall I

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endocrine studies of captive strepsirrhine primates suggest that physical environment and social factors mediate inter-individual variations in testicular function and serum testosterone (sT) in males. While these studies have made major contributions to our understanding of the individual proximate mechanisms influen...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Brockman DK,Whitten PL,Richard AF,Schneider A

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used two modern computerized handheld reflectometers, the Photovolt ColorWalk colorimeter (a tristimulus colorimeter; Photovolt, UMM Electronics, Indianapolis, IN) and the DermaSpectrometer (a specialized narrow-band reflectometer; Cortex Technology, Hadsund, Denmark), to compare two methods for the objective ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Shriver MD,Parra EJ

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study is to report and interpret a feature on the anterolateral surface of the proximal femurs of the Krapina hominid collection that we briefly described in 2006 (Periodicum Biologorum, 108, 319-329). MATERIALS AND METHODS:We recorded the presence or absence of the feature in all the pr...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Belcastro MG,Mariotti V

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Histomorphometric studies show consistent links between physical activity patterns and the microstructure underlying the size and shape of bone. Here, we adopt a combined bone approach to explore variation in microstructure of ribs and humeri related to physical activity and historical records of manual labo...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Pitfield R,Deter C,Mahoney P

更新日期：2019-08-01 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：:Socioeconomic variation in estimated growth velocities (annual growth increments) of several anthropometric dimensions was considered in schoolchildren from a rural, subsistence agricultural community in the Valley of Oaxaca in southern Mexico. The children (114 males, 99 females), 6-13 years of age, were measured twi...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Little BB,Buschang PH,Malina RM

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, dominance rank instability among male Lemur catta during mating was investigated. Also, data on agonism and sexual behavior across five consecutive mating seasons in a population of L. catta on St. Catherines Island, USA, were collected. Instances of male rank instability were categorized into three typ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Parga JA

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to document variation of deciduous tooth formation and eruption. The material comprises 121 individuals of known or estimated age (using tooth length) from Spitalfields in London, and radiographs of 61 healthy living children aged 2-5 years. Other skeletal material from two medieval Scottish ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Liversidge HM,Molleson T

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:The transition to an agricultural economy is often presumed to involve an increase in female fertility related to changes in weaning practice. In particular, the availability of staple crops as complementary foods is hypothesized to allow earlier weaning in agricultural populations. In this study, o...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： King CL,Halcrow SE,Millard AR,Gröcke DR,Standen VG,Portilla M,Arriaza BT

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of teeth as tools provides clues to past subsistence patterns and cultural practices. Five Holocene period hunter-fisher-gatherer mortuary sites from the south-western region of Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russian Federation, are observed for activity-induced dental modification (AIDM) to further characterize their ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Waters-Rist A,Bazaliiskii VI,Weber A,Goriunova OI,Katzenberg MA

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In placental mammals, pregnancy usually is associated with an increase in maternal androgens, which may significantly impact fetal growth and differentiation, and affect postnatal development and behavior. Owing to their slow life histories and challenging social conditions, determination of maternal androgens and pot...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Fürtbauer I,Heistermann M,Schülke O,Ostner J

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tolerant food sharing among human foragers can largely be explained by reciprocity. In contrast, food sharing among chimpanzees and bonobos may not always reflect reciprocity, which could be explained by different dominance styles: in egalitarian societies reciprocity is expressed freely, while in more despotic groups...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Jaeggi AV,Stevens JM,Van Schaik CP

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of previous studies have examined biological variability within individual human skeletal samples, using internal chronology as an explanatory source for variation. In this paper time series and matrix comparison methods are used to examine temporal serial correlation and trend of biological characteristics w...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Konigsberg LW

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methods for estimating body mass from the human skeleton are often required for research in biological or forensic anthropology. There are currently only two methods for estimating body mass in subadults: the width of the distal femur metaphysis is useful for individuals 1-12 years of age and the femoral head is usefu...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Robbins G,Sciulli PW,Blatt SH

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The skull is distinguished from other parts of the skeleton by its composite construction. The sutures between bony elements provide for interstitial growth of the cranium, but at the same time they alter the transmission of stress and strain through the skull. Strain gages were bonded to the frontal and parietal bone...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Herring SW,Teng S

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to identify the presence of degenerative spondylolisthesis in adult Native American skeletons recovered from prehistoric and historic Pueblo sites in New Mexico. The vertebral columns of 491 individuals that were complete enough to allow the necessary observations produced 64 cases, wit...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Merbs CF

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of the present study are to 1) determine and describe levels of dental fluctuating asymmetry (FA) in a highly endogamous human group; 2) evaluate the effects of various FA measures on perceived FA levels and their interrelationships; 3) study the connections between dental variables (tooth size, class, positi...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Hershkovitz I,Livshits G,Moskona D,Arensburg B,Kobyliansky E

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparison of hand long-bone lengths and variances in published measurements of North American Caucasoid, Venezuelan, and English individuals, and of their metacarpophalangeal pattern profiles (MPP), revealed systematic differences between samples from infancy through adulthood. The variances of Venezuelan males tend ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Arias-Cazorla S,Rodríguez-Larralde A

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the development of a knuckle walking mode of locomotion by a free-living yellow baboon (Papio cynocephalus). Some implications of this occurrence for theories of the evolution of knuckle walking are discussed. ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Hausfater G

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During excavations of the Bronze Age levels at El Mirador Cave, a hole containing human remains was found. Taphonomic analysis revealed the existence of cutmarks, human toothmarks, cooking damage, and deliberate breakage in most of the remains recovered, suggesting a clear case of gastronomic cannibalism. The piled di...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Cáceres I,Lozano M,Saladié P

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00