New cases of trepanations from the 5th to 3rd millennia BC in Southern Russia in the context of previous research: Possible evidence for a ritually motivated tradition of cranial surgery?

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The present study aimed at investigating the timing of birth across the day in a rural population of indigenous and nonindigenous women in the province of Formosa, Argentina in order to explore the variation in patterns in a non-Western setting. MATERIALS AND METHODS:This study utilized birth record data tr...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Chaney C,Goetz LG,Valeggia C

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:If predictable, ecogeographic patterning in body size and proportions of human populations can provide valuable information regarding human biology, adaptation to local environments, migration histories, and health, now and in the past. This paper evaluates the assumption that small-bodied Later Stone Age (LSA) forage...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Kurki HK,Ginter JK,Stock JT,Pfeiffer S

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genealogical and gene marker data from the closely related species Macaca mulatta and Macaca fascicularis have been used to search for linkage between genes coding for the blood proteins albumin, carbonic anhydrase 1 and 2, diaphorase 1 and 2, group-specific component, glucose phosphate isomerase, hemoglobin alpha cha...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Ferrell RE,Majumder PP,Smith DG

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paleopathological analyses of skeletal remains have provided significant information about diet and health in prehistoric populations. A number of individuals have been recovered whose remains show evidence of impairments that would have precluded "normal" functioning, resulting in a disability. The most famous exampl...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Dettwyler KA

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Schistosome infections can damage organs important for water homeostasis, especially the kidneys. Urogenital schistosomiasis (caused by Schistosoma haematobium) increases protein and blood in urine and intestinal schistosomiasis (caused by S. mansoni) affects total body water. However, no data exist on how d...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Rosinger AY,Young SL,Collins SM,Haider SR,Mishra P,Nagai HT,Petro M,Downs JA

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All current standardized methods of age determination using the os pubis were tested by blind assessment of a skeletal sample with documented ages (from the Todd collection; N = 96). No demographic data (sex, age, race, age composition) were known to the assessors prior to completion of the test. Results showed the To...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Meindl RS,Lovejoy CO,Mensforth RP,Walker RA

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The control region of mitochondrial DNA has been widely studied in various human populations. This paper reports sequence data for hypervariable segments 1 and 2 of the control region from a population from southern Tuscany (Italy). The results confirm the high variability of the control region, with 43 different hapl...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Francalacci P,Bertranpetit J,Calafell F,Underhill PA

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:High-resolution imaging of fossils with X-ray computed microtomography (μCT) has become a very powerful tool in paleontological research. However, fossilized bone, embedding matrix, and dental tissues do not always provide a distinct structural signal with X-rays. We demonstrate the benefits of high-resoluti...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Urciuoli A,Zanolli C,Fortuny J,Almécija S,Schillinger B,Moyà-Solà S,Alba DM

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The growth of tooth dentin is incremental, so its formation represents a dietary record in early life. With archeological skeletons, applying sequential stable isotope analysis to the horizontal sections of tooth dentin has revealed weaning patterns and dietary changes that took place during childhood. Howev...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Tsutaya T

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Geographic information systems (GIS) software is typically used for analyzing geographically distributed data, allowing users to annotate points or areas on a map and attach data for spatial analyses. While traditional GIS-based research involves geo-referenced data (points tied to geographic locations), the use of th...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Rose DC,Agnew AM,Gocha TP,Stout SD,Field JS

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently spatial autocorrelation has been employed to infer microevolutionary processes from patterns of genetic variation. In theory, different processes should show characteristic signature correlograms; e.g., clinal selection should produce correlograms decreasing from positive to negative autocorrelation, whereas ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Fix AG

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Differences in dental caries prevalence between males and females is considered a reflection of diet. However, recent syntheses argue that sex-specific variation in dental caries prevalence also reflects changes in the oral cavity attributable to variation in reproductive life histories. This study explores ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Kubehl K,Temple DH

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxygen stable isotope ratios (delta(18)O) have been determined in carbonate in paired first and third molar teeth from individuals (N = 61) who lived in the town of Portus Romae ("Portus") and who were buried in the necropolis of Isola Sacra (First to Third centuries AD) near Rome, Italy. We compare these analyses wit...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Prowse TL,Schwarcz HP,Garnsey P,Knyf M,Macchiarelli R,Bondioli L

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of skeletal development frequently document populational incidences of bilateral asymmetry. Degenerative morphological skeletal changes, attributed to age related and irregular ossification, may also progress asymmetrically, either as the result of asymmetric biomechanical factors expressed over the lifespan, ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Overbury RS,Cabo LL,Dirkmaat DC,Symes SA

更新日期：2009-06-01 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：:Although the population history and social organization of the prehistoric Pueblo Indians of the American Southwest have received attention in the archaeological literature, little research on this topic has been conducted by biological anthropologists. Here, we examine postmarital residence at two ancestral Tewa Indi...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Schillaci MA,Stojanowski CM

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal reproductive investment includes both the energetic costs of gestation and lactation. For most humans, the metabolic costs of lactation will exceed those of gestation. Mothers must balance reproductive investment in any single offspring against future reproductive potential. Among mammals broadly, mothers may...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Quinn EA

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the relatively large size of anthropoid incisors in relation to the remainder of the dental arcade, and their prominent role in the preprocessing of food prior to ingestion, comparatively little is known about the functional morphology of anthropoid incisor shape and crown curvature. The relationship between i...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Deane A

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evolutionary trends for dental reduction are presented for European Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic samples. The analysis demonstrates that the greatest decrease in tooth size occurs between the two divisions of the Upper Paleolithic, while little and insignificant change characterizes the Late Upper Paleolithic/Meso...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Frayer DW

更新日期：1977-01-01 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：:The discovery that metabolically active brown fat is present in humans throughout ontogeny raises new questions about the interactions between thermoregulatory, metabolic, and skeletal homeostasis. Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is distinct from white adipose tissue (WAT) for its ability to burn, rather than store, energy...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Devlin MJ

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ontogenetic samples of endocranial volumes (EVs) from great apes and humans are critical for understanding the evolution of the brain growth pattern in the hominin lineage. However, high quality ontogenetic data are scarce, especially for nonhuman primates. Here, we provide original data derived from an osteological c...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Neubauer S,Gunz P,Schwarz U,Hublin JJ,Boesch C

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Digital and palmar dermatoglyphics of 184 male and 224 female normal American Negroes were evaluated for digital patterns, digital ridge counts, palmar patterns, palmar main line terminations, accessory triradii and palmar creases. All subjects were seven year olds examined and found free of chronic or other genetic ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Steinberg FS,Cereghino JJ,Plato CC

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:European populations have both a particularly long history of pulmonary tuberculosis and extremely high frequencies of cystic fibrosis (CF). While carriers of the recessive gene are asymptomatic for CF disease, their fibroblasts produce excessive amounts of hyaluronic acid, whose role in successful isolation of virule...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Meindl RS

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the 1930s subadult hominin remains and Mousterian artifacts were discovered in the Teshik-Tash cave in South Uzbekistan. Since then, the majority of the scientific community has interpreted Teshik-Tash as a Neanderthal. However, some have considered aspects of the morphology of the Teshik-Tash skull to be more simi...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Gunz P,Bulygina E

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The "Kleiber relationship" describes the interspecific allometry between body size and metabolism. Like other allometric relationships, the Kleiber relationship not only summarizes scaling effects across species but also provides a standard by which species can be compared. One well-noted deviation from the Kleiber re...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Kurland JA,Pearson JD

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Considerable attention has been devoted to variation in levels of energy expenditure between and within populations; these are commonly evaluated following international guidelines for grading light, moderate, and heavy physical activity levels (PAL). This study presents activity profiles by season and sex for subsist...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Panter-Brick C

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to help define the boundaries of the distribution of the albumin variants Naskapi and Mexico which are polymorphic among several American Indian groups, we examined sera from Micmac, Mohawk, Northwest River Naskapi, Omaha and Apache Indians, and from Aleuts and Eskimos. Sera from a total of 1,524 individuals ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Schell LM,Agarwal SS,Blumberg BS,Levy H,Bennett PH,Laughlin WS,Martin JP

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several investigators have questioned the significance of handedness as an explanation of directional forelimb asymmetries, yet little has been done to isolate other explanatory factors. In this investigation, we analyze 61 female and 76 male rhesus macaque skeletons for evidence of age- and/or sex-associated variatio...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Helmkamp RC,Falk D

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The new optical device Lipometer allows noninvasive, quick, and safe determination of the thickness of subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) layers (in mm) at any site of the human body. The specification of 15 evenly distributed body sites enables the precise measurement of subcutaneous body fat distribution, so-called s...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Tafeit E,Möller R,Sudi K,Horejsi R,Berg A,Reibnegger G

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00