Primates on display: Potential disease consequences beyond bushmeat.

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：: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：:This study uses data resampling to test the null hypothesis that the degree of variation in the cranial capacity of the Dmanisi hominid sample is within the range variation of a single species. The statistical significance of the variation in the Dmanisi sample is examined using simulated distributions based on compar...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Lee SH

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Sterkfontein fossil site in South Africa has produced the largest concentration of early hominin fossils from a single locality. Recent reports suggest that Australopithecus from this site is found within a broad paleontological age of between 2.5-3.5 Ma (Partridge [2000] The Cenozoic of Southern Africa, Oxford: O...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Berger LR,Lacruz R,De Ruiter DJ

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hand radiograms for osseographic assessment of bone aging status were taken from more than 7,500 individuals residing in 31 different localities and belonging to 20 ethnic groups. Multiple regression analysis was used to evaluate possible associations between bone aging parameters and several climatic factors, to wit:...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Belkin V,Livshits G,Otremski I,Kobyliansky E

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The diet of tufted capuchins (Sapajus) is characterized by annual or seasonal incorporation of mechanically protected foods. Reliance on these foods raises questions about the dietary strategies of young individuals that lack strength and experience to access these resources. Previous research has demonstrat...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Chalk J,Wright BW,Lucas PW,Schuhmacher KD,Vogel ER,Fragaszy D,Visalberghi E,Izar P,Richmond BG

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Compared to most quadrupedal mammals, humans are energetically inefficient when running at high speeds. This fact can be taken to mean that human dipedalism evolved for reasons other than to reduce relative energy cost durding locomotion. Recalculation of the energy expending expended during human walking at normal sp...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Rodman PS,McHenry HM

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As shown in 91 embryos and fetuses in the 41-235 mm crownrump length, brachymesophalangia-5 may be identified in prenatal time. Although the ratios involving different combinations of length of mid-5 relative to other segments yield different frequencies of BMP-5, the short middle segment of the little finger is alrea...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Garn SM,Babler WJ,Burdi AR

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The origins of the ancient Egyptian state and its formation have received much attention through analysis of mortuary contexts, skeletal material, and trade. Genetic diversity was analyzed by studying craniometric variation within a series of six time-successive Egyptian populations in order to investigate the evidenc...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Zakrzewski SR

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between psychological stress and reduced fecundity has been a matter of speculation and investigation for decades. Most previous studies have been compromised, however, by a number of problems including ambiguous direction of causation, poorly operationalized variables, and the confounding of psycholo...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Ellison PT,Lipson SF,Jasienska G,Ellison PL

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is now known that several population movements have taken place at different times throughout southern Arabian prehistory. One of the principal questions under debate is if the Early Holocene peopling of southern Arabia was mainly due to input from the Levant during the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B, to the expansion of ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Al-Abri A,Podgorná E,Rose JI,Pereira L,Mulligan CJ,Silva NM,Bayoumi R,Soares P,Cerný V

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new method for estimating adult age-at-death from the first rib was developed as a modification of the Kunos et al. (Am J Phys Anthropol 110 (1999) 303-323) method. Data were collected on three aspects of the first rib (costal face, rib head, and tubercle facet) for 470 known-age males of Balkan ancestry collected a...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： DiGangi EA,Bethard JD,Kimmerle EH,Konigsberg LW

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Red blood cell count (RBC), hemoglobin concentration ([Hb]) and hematocrit (Hct) were measured in 303 male Quechua children and adults, aged 6 to 57 years, living a lifestyle as traditional pastoralists and horticulturalists at a mean altitude of 4,200 m in the Southern Peruvian Andes. Values for RBC, [Hb], and Hct in...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Garruto RM,Dutt JS

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The Early Neolithic involved an important social and economic shift that can be tested not only with the material culture, but also through biomolecular approaches. The Iberian Peninsula presents few Early Neolithic sites where fauna and humans can be analyzed together from an isotopic perspective. Here we p...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Villalba-Mouco V,Utrilla P,Laborda R,Lorenzo JI,Martínez-Labarga C,Salazar-García DC

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The amount of disparity between the lengths of the radii and ulnae of 177 Negro female skeletons of the Terry Collection was questioned. An error was found and corrections have been made in the relevant statistics and tables. ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Trotter M,Gleser GC

更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The Fueguians are descendants of the first settlers of America, a 'relict' isolated geographically for 10,000 years. We compared their cranial variation with other Americans, and samples from Asia and Australia to know whether the modern extinct Fueguians can be considered Paleoamericans or not. MATERIALS A...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Turbon D,Arenas C,Cuadras CM

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hair slope, whorl, cross and field formation is expressible in a topological form. The mathematical description required suggests an origin for the patterns in a growth process occurring in the upper dermis which determines the patterns of the hair slope. The formulae proposed by Euler, Poincaré and Ludwig are adopted...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Findlay GH,Harris WF

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Callitrichids use their tongue in various social, ecological, and hygienic contexts. Using a noninvasive measuring device, we obtained data on the operational tongue length (OTL) in seven species from the family Callitrichidae. OTL (defined as the maximum tongue extension into the device) varied significantly between ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Heymann EW,von der Lage F

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The condyles of 72 aged and sexed Haida Indians were measured for anteroposterior and mediolateral diameter and their approximate areas calculated. Dental wear was assessed for the same individuals. Asymmetry of condyle size did not appear to change with age. In a pair-wise analysis, no relationship was found between ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Costa RL Jr

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Sexual dimorphism is an important biological factor underlying morphological variation in the human skeleton. Previous research found sex-related differences in the static ribcage, with males having more horizontally oriented ribs and a wider lower ribcage than females. Furthermore, a recent study found sex-...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： García-Martínez D,Bastir M,Torres-Tamayo N,O'Higgins P,Torres-Sánchez I,García-Río F,Heuzé Y

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primate molar shapes reflect developmental and ecological processes. Development may constrain as well as facilitate evolution of new tooth shapes, affecting how reliable dental characters are in phylogenetic studies. Much of the genetic machinery of development uses the same genes among different organs, including te...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Jernvall J,Jung HS

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic data consisting of 14 red cell antigen groups and 11 serum and erythrocytic protein marker systems from four Eskimo populations of the Norton Sound area of Alaska are reported. The population structure of these four groups in analyzed both separately and within the larger context by comparison to 15 other circ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Crawford MH,Mielke JH,Devor EJ,Dykes DD,Polesky HF

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scratches found on the Engis 2 cranium have been described as perimortem and interpreted as intentional scalping marks by Russell and LeMort (Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 69:317-323, 1986). These marks are described and compared to damage on other fossil hominids. The Engis marks have been misinterpreted. These marks are s...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： White TD,Toth N

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe the physical growth of healthy children under 7 years in China based on the latest national survey and provide more data for revising growth reference and monitoring the impact of social development on children's health and growth. METHODS:In the cross-sectional survey, 161,774 healthy children ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Zhang YQ,Li H,Wu HH,Zong XN,Zhu ZH,Pan Y,Li J,Zheng XR,Wei M,Tong ML,Zhou AF,Hu Y,Chen W,Zhu K,Yu Y

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents the demographic changes that followed the transition from a hunting-gathering way of life (Natufian) to an agricultural, food-producing economy (Neolithic) in the southern Levant. The study is based on 217 Natufian (10,500-8,300 BC) skeletons and 262 Neolithic (8,300-5,500 BC) skeletons. Age and se...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Eshed V,Gopher A,Gage TB,Hershkovitz I

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anthropologists were quick to recognize the potential of new techniques in molecular biology to provide additional lines of evidence on questions long investigated in anthropology, as well as those questions that, while always of interest, could not have been addressed by more traditional techniques. The earliest anci...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Kaestle FA,Horsburgh KA

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The limbic frontal cortex forms part of the neural substrate responsible for emotional reactions to social stimuli. Area 13 is one of the cortical areas long known to be part of the posterior orbitofrontal cortex in several monkey species, such as the macaque. Its presence nevertheless in the human brain has been uncl...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Semendeferi K,Armstrong E,Schleicher A,Zilles K,Van Hoesen GW

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dental attrition scores from two distinct Australian Aboriginal populations were compared by principal axis analysis. The first group was composed of members of the Narrinyeri group who occupied the river basin and mouth of the River Murray. The second group consisted of members of the Kaurna tribe who occupied the co...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Richards LC

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluates the relationship between age at death and pelvic size among adults in three prehistoric Amerindian populations. The issue is to identify if the pelvis continues to grow and remodel in adulthood, or if there is differential survivorship among adults, particularly among females, based on pelvic size...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Tague RG

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The appearance of the secondary centers of ossification was investigated in hand and foot radiographs of 112 fetal and neonatal Macaca nemestrina and a maturational index calculated using a scoring system that differentiated between the initial and later stages of ossification. Cumulative incremental curves of skeleta...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Newell-Morris L,Tarrant LH

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00