Mechanical implications of the mandibular coronoid process morphology in Neandertals.

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

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：: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：: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：:International differences in breast cancer incidence and mortality, and studies on Japanese migrants to the United States, point to the importance of environmental factors, including diet and nutrition, in the etiology of breast cancer. Some studies have suggested that dietary patterns in early life are important to t...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Micozzi MS

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An intergroup comparison of cephalometric landmark configurations by the finite-element method elegantly depicts the algebra of some of the size and shape change measures that one may define by reference to those landmarks. In studies of mean differences between groups, the statistical analysis of these finite element...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Bookstein FL

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human population movements in North Africa have been mostly restricted to an east-west direction due to the geographical barriers imposed by the Sahara Desert and the Mediterranean Sea. Although these barriers have not completely impeded human migrations, genetic studies have shown that an east-west genetic gradient e...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Fadhlaoui-Zid K,Rodríguez-Botigué L,Naoui N,Benammar-Elgaaied A,Calafell F,Comas D

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well documented in the anthropological literature that the distinctive morphology of the "robust" hominid facial skeleton reflects its dietary specialization. Rak (1983) has provided the most comprehensive evaluation of Paranthropus facial morphology and this important study concluded that bone strain generated ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： McCollum MA

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A brief description of the exposed middle ear from two Swartkrans specimens demonstrates the feasibility of examining the inner auditory structures of existing fossil hominid material. These Swartkrans fossils provide the first clear view of the early hominid middle ear, and their structures appear to be morphological...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Rak Y,Clarke RJ

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results concerning HLA types and 22 other blood genetic systems are reported for the Parakanã Indians of northern Brazil, a tribe that is notable for the light color and pilosity of some of its members. No clear evidence of Caucasoid admixture was found, but the Parakanã show unusual frequencies in the EsD1, PGM1(1) G...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Black FL,Salzano FM,Layrisse Z,Franco MH,Harris NS,Weimer TA

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mountain gorillas of the central Virungas have been the subject of field study for the last 30 years; however, our understanding of morbidity and mortality in these apes is limited. This paper describes pathological conditions of the skeleton and dentition of these animals and evaluates lesions in relation to beha...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Lovell NC

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Dental microwear is a promising tool to reconstruct animals' diet because it reflects the interplay between the enamel surface and the food items recently consumed. This study examines the sources of inter-individual variations in dietary habits in a free-ranging population of mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx) u...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Percher AM,Merceron G,Nsi Akoue G,Galbany J,Romero A,Charpentier MJ

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have suggested that incisor microwear reflects diet and feeding adaptations of anthropoids. However, such studies have been largely qualitative, and interpretations have relied on anecdotal references to diet and tooth use reported in the socioecology literature. The current study relates incisor micro...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Ungar PS

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparative endocrine studies have notably advanced understanding of ecological factors that contribute to variation in human reproductive function. Such research has relied on methodological advances that permit hormone determinations in samples that are easily and safely collected, stored, and transported, most rece...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Worthman CM,Stallings JF

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stature and the pattern of body proportions were investigated in a series of six time-successive Egyptian populations in order to investigate the biological effects on human growth of the development and intensification of agriculture, and the formation of state-level social organization. Univariate analyses of varian...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Zakrzewski SR

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A radiographic technique for processing a large number of human crania was developed to aid in the diagnosis of porotic hyperostosis in a large skeletal population. These images are made directly onto photographic paper, thereby reducing costs and increasing the rate of processing. The technique is especially well sui...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Fairgrieve SI,Bashford J

更新日期：1988-09-01 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：:Patterns of water consumption by past human populations are rarely considered, yet drinking behavior is socially mediated and access to water sources is often socially controlled. Oxygen isotope analysis of archeological human remains is commonly used to identify migrants in the archeological record, but it can also b...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Lightfoot E,Slaus M,O'Connell TC

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Human walking involves out-of-phase axial rotations of the thorax and pelvis. It has long been believed that this rotational capability is a distinctive feature of the genus Homo. However, Thompson et al. (2015) showed that chimpanzees also counter-rotate their thorax relative to the pelvis during bipedal wa...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Kinoshita Y,Goto R,Nakano Y,Hirasaki E

更新日期：2021-01-01 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：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：:Primate fossil assemblages often have metacarpals and phalanges from which functional/behavioral interpretations may be inferred. For example, intrinsic hand proportions can indicate hand function and substrate use. But, estimates of intrinsic hand proportions from unassociated hand elements can be imperfect due to di...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Venkataraman VV,Rolian C,Gordon AD,Patel BA

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many studies based on genetic diversity of North African populations have contributed to elucidate the modelling of the genetic landscape in this region. North Africa is considered as a distinct spatial-temporal entity on geographic, archaeological, and historical grounds, which has undergone the influence of differen...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Triki-Fendri S,Sánchez-Diz P,Rey-González D,Ayadi I,Carracedo Á,Rebai A

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isotope variations were studied in necropolises of the early (6th to 7th century CE) and central (10th to 11th century CE) medieval period located in Fruili-Venezia Giulia (Northeastern Italy). The two periods each shortly followed two great barbarian invasions that changed the politics and economy of Italy: the arriv...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Iacumin P,Galli E,Cavalli F,Cecere L

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The methods that can be used for the direct dating of human remains comprise of radiocarbon, U-series, electron spin resonance (ESR), and amino acid racemization (AAR). This review gives an introduction to these methods in the context of dating human bones and teeth. Recent advances in ultrafiltration techniques have ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Grün R

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In various environments where primates are presently observed, as well as in forests and savannas which have been inhabited by australopithecines and early hominids, there are (or there have been presumably) categories of substances eliciting taste signals associated with stereotyped responses. Such is the case for va...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Hladik CM,Pasquet P,Simmen B

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This paper addresses the prevalence and pattern of physical violence in the prehispanic society of Gran Canaria and discusses its link with the social structure and insular context in which that people lived. MATERIALS AND METHODS:347 prehispanic crania from Guayadeque Ravine (575-1415 AD) have been examine...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Delgado-Darias T,Alberto-Barroso V,Velasco-Vázquez J

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 582 individuals (1,164 chromosomes) from two African, eight African-derived South American, five South American Amerindian, and three Brazilian urban populations were studied at four variable number of tandem repeat (VNTR) and two short tandem repeat (STR) hypervariable loci. These two sets of loci did not ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Da Silva WA Jr,Bortolini MC,Meyer D,Salzano FM,Elion J,Krishnamoorthy R,Schneider MP,De Guerra DC,Layrisse Z,Castellano HM,Weimer TD,Zago MA

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey of nine polymorphic loci for 82 North Amerindian populations was undertaken to test the hypothesis that increasing levels of sociocultural complexity are ineluctably accompanied by increased heterozygosity. The data reveal a significant relationship in the predicted direction. Moreover, the significant correl...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Suarez BK,O'Rourke DH,Crouse JD

更新日期：1985-07-01 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