Tooth wear in Australian aboriginal populations from the River Murray Valley.

abstract：:This paper present the content of the Musée de l'Homme exhibition "Us and them: from prejudice to racism" and provides a detailed explanation of how this content has been presented to the public. In a second section of this paper we explain some of the analysis and concepts, from a biological anthropology perspective,...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Heyer E,Reynaud-Paligot C

更新日期：2020-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Predation is proposed to be one of the most important factors influencing the evolution of mammalian societies. Although predation risk is thought to influence both the behavior and grouping patterns of most diurnal primates, evidence supporting this hypothesis is still limited. The spatial and temporal patterns of mi...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Link A,Di Fiore A

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Many studies on subadult sex estimation focus on elements that express sexually dimorphic features in adults. In contrast, diaphyseal dimensions have been shown to display sex-specific differences prior to adolescence. The current study evaluates the use of diaphyseal dimensions in subadult sex estimation. ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Stull KE,L'Abbé EN,Ousley SD

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines patterns of growth in height and weight among children (< 60 months) of highland and coastal agricultural communities of Ecuador. Highland children are significantly shorter, but not significantly lighter than their coastal peers. Linear growth rates (cm/6 months) are comparable between the two sam...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Leonard WR,DeWalt KM,Stansbury JP,McCaston MK

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An extensive (n = 739) sample of well-documented male pubic bones was examined for age-related features. Using the traditional aging methods, Todd's system was found to over-age and both the Todd and the McKern-Stewart systems did not account for age variability seen in advanced pubic bone patterns. Based on a 5-year ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Katz D,Suchey JM

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many studies of primate diversity and evolution rely on dental morphology for insight into diet, behavior, and phylogenetic relationships. Consequently, variation in molar cusp size has increasingly become a phenotype of interest. In 2007 we published a quantitative genetic analysis of mandibular molar cusp size varia...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Koh C,Bates E,Broughton E,Do NT,Fletcher Z,Mahaney MC,Hlusko LJ

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New fossil hominid specimens from the Laetolili fossil locality in Tanzania are described. The material includes mandibles and teeth derived from reliably-dated deposits of Pliocene age. Preliminary descriptions, measurements and illustrations are presented. ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： White TD

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leprosy was a well-recognized and dreaded disease in medieval Europe (5th-15th century AD). It is reported to have reached Germany with the Roman invasion. A much larger fraction than previously assumed appears to have been affected by leprosy in the medieval period. This article estimates the frequency (i.e., the pre...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Boldsen JL

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Height and weight were compared across five birth decades (1850-1899) among 1,121 Harvard athletes who were lettermen in various sports. There were considerable differences in the magnitude of the secular trend among the sport categories (crew, baseball, football, track, ice hockey, and two or more sports). Comparing ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Polednak AP

更新日期：1975-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Yakuts are a Turkic-speaking population from northeastern Siberia who are believed to have originated from ancient Turkic populations in South Siberia, based on archaeological and ethnohistorical evidence. In order to better understand Yakut origins, we modeled 25 demographic scenarios and tested by coalescent sim...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Zlojutro M,Tarskaia LA,Sorensen M,Snodgrass JJ,Leonard WR,Crawford MH

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pliopithecid remains from the Spanish locality of Torrent de Febulines (Late Vallesian, MN 10), consisting of right and left mandibular fragments with partial tooth rows and an isolated P(3) probably belonging to the same individual, are described and assigned to Egarapithecus narcisoi gen. et sp. nov. (Pliopithecidae...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Moyà-Solà S,Köhler M,Alba DM

更新日期：2001-04-01 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：:Repetitive linear enamel hypoplasia (rLEH) is often observed in recent large-bodied apes from Africa and Asia as well as Mid- to Late Miocene sites from Spain to China. The ubiquity and periodicity of rLEH are not understood. Its potential as an ontogenetic marker of developmental stress in threatened species (as well...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Skinner MF,Hopwood D

更新日期：2004-03-01 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：:It is unclear whether earlier age at menarche is associated with higher body mass index (BMI) because they share a common genetic underpinning. We investigated the impact of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) influencing menarche timing on peripubertal BMI. For 556 Fels Longitudinal Study children (277 boys/279 gi...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Johnson W,Choh AC,Curran JE,Czerwinski SA,Bellis C,Dyer TD,Blangero J,Towne B,Demerath EW

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analysed the frequency of six Y-specific polymorphisms in 105 Amerindian males from seven different populations, 42 Caucasian males, and a small number of males of African, Chinese, and Melanesian origin. The combination of three of the six polymorphisms studied produced four different Y-haplogroups. The haplogroup...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Bianchi NO,Bailliet G,Bravi CM,Carnese RF,Rothhammer F,Martínez-Marignac VL,Pena SD

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Field observations of bipedal posture and locomotion in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) can serve as key evidence for reconstructing the likely origins of bipedalism in the last prehominid human ancestor. This paper reports on a sample of bipedal bouts, recorded ad libitum, in wild chimpanzees in Bwindi Impenetrabl...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Stanford CB

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using observations on the presence or absence of terminal hair in 13 locations on 700 white adult males, descriptive statistics were tabulated, phi coefficients of intercorrelation were computed, principal axis factor loadings were extracted, and varimax rotation of factors to simple structure was performed. The resul...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Barker DG

更新日期：1976-01-01 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：:A variety of geometric morphometric methods have recently been used to describe dental shape variation in human evolutionary studies. However, the applicability of these methods is limited when teeth are worn or are difficult to orient accurately. Here we show that elliptical best fits on outlines of dental tissues be...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Bauer CC,Bons PD,Benazzi S,Harvati K

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To figure out which and how many systems of genetic markers should be used to control for the effects of shared population history in studies examining the association between morphology and climate and to test cranial non-metric traits as an additional source of neutral distances for such studies. MATERIAL...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Evteev AA,Movsesian AA

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the mechanical features of cortical bone and their changes with growth and adaptation to function plays an important role in our ability to interpret the morphology and evolution of craniofacial skeletons. We assessed the elastic properties of cortical bone of juvenile and adult baboon mandibles using ul...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Wang Q,Ashley DW,Dechow PC

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early American crania show a different morphological pattern from the one shared by late Native Americans. Although the origin of the diachronic morphological diversity seen on the continents is still debated, the distinct morphology of early Americans is well documented and widely dispersed. This morphology has been ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Hubbe M,Harvati K,Neves W

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent research shows that a bacterial life form, Erysipelothrix insidiosa, can produce rheumatoid arthritis in deer, swine, and dogs, and that a number of animals, including man, birds, and fish, may be infected by the organism. Examination of the archaeological record suggests that both cultural and biological varia...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Hudson C,Butler R,Sikes D

更新日期：1975-07-01 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：:Interdisciplinary research has benefitted the fields of anthropology and engineering for decades: a classic example being the application of material science to the field of feeding biomechanics. However, after decades of research, discordances have developed in how mechanical properties are defined, measured, calcula...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Berthaume MA

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Large body size has been traditionally seen as the primary dietary adaptation of gorillas, facilitating their consumption of fibrous foods (Schaller ¿1963 The Mountain Gorilla; Watts ¿1990 Int. J. Primatol. 11:21-45). Nevertheless, recent research has emphasized frugivory among western lowland gorillas, as well as the...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Remis MJ

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The present study tests the effectiveness of entheseal robusticity (ER) as a potential predictor of adult age-at-death by applying multiple regression models to a large contemporary identified skeletal sample. MATERIALS AND METHODS:ER was recorded for 23 bilateral postcranial entheses on 481 adult individua...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Milella M,Belcastro MG,Mariotti V,Nikita E

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study of enamel thickness has received considerable attention in regard to the taxonomic, phylogenetic and dietary assessment of human and non-human primates. Recent developments based on two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) digital techniques have facilitated accurate analyses, preserving the original ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Benazzi S,Panetta D,Fornai C,Toussaint M,Gruppioni G,Hublin JJ

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent research findings have highlighted the importance of early life conditions as risk factors for adult diseases and therefore determinants of subsequent survival. Given that individuals born during different seasons in seasonal environments experience different early-developmental conditions, an analysis of the e...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Muñoz-Tudurí M,García-Moro C

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00