Effects of age and sex on the amount and distribution of mineral in Eskimo tibiae.

abstract：:Archaeological and ethnohistorical documents suggest that the Chachapoya region was inhabited by a number of distinct sociopolitical groups that only united in the face of their common enemy, the Inka. The purpose of this research is to quantify the amount of internal genetic differentiation and levels of extraregiona...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Nystrom KC

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone samples from a Middle Bronze Age (ca., 1600-1300 BC) site were prepared for histological analysis. Preliminary results suggested that components of bone marrow remained preserved. To verify these findings and optimize the sample preparation procedure, we conducted experiments varying the type of acid used to deca...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Setzer TJ,Sundell IB,Dibbley SK,Les C

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this research was to study intra- and interspecific variability in mineral density in the femoral diaphysis of nonhuman primates. Four hundred five sections were taken from five sites along the femoral diaphysis of 34 macaques (Macaca sp.), 24 squirrel monkeys (Saimirisciureus), and 23 tamarins (Saguinu...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Burr DB

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigates the relationships between lower limb robusticity and mobility in a Neolithic sample (LIG) from Italy (6th millennium BP). This study tests the hypothesis that the high femoral robusticity previously observed in the LIG sample is a consequence of the subsistence strategy (i.e., high mobility on ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Marchi D

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objectives of this study are to describe genetic correlations between dental dimensions in a platyrrhine primate, to assess whether the brown-mantled tamarin dentition exhibits genetic modularity by tooth type, and to discuss the relationship between body size reduction and the genetic architecture of de...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Hardin AM

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three fundamental ontogenetic pathways lead to the development of size differences between males and females. Males and females may grow at the same rate for different durations (bimaturism), grow for the same duration at different rates, or grow at a mix of rate and duration differences. While patterns of growth and ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： O'Mara MT,Gordon AD,Catlett KK,Terranova CJ,Schwartz GT

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multivariate analysis of the relationship between degree of heterozygosity at four blood group loci and the morphological variability in a human population was carried out. Additionally, the possibility that dermatoglyphic patterns correlate with biochemical and anthropometric variables was also investigated. A strong...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Kobyliansky E,Livshits G

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rate of decrease of mean metacarpal cortical width was assessed by sequential radiographic morphometry for each hand separately in a series of 46 right-handed postmenopausal women observed for 222 patient-years. For the left hand, the mean rate was 0.0331 +/- 0.0053 mm/year and for the right, 0.0310 +/- 0.0060 mm/...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Horsman A,Simpson M,Armes F

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A controlled study of the relationship of two standard clinical indicators of osteoarthritis and porosity failed to demonstrate a relationship. Porosity appears to be a curiosity that has no clinical correlation and is not a sign of an identifiable rheumatologic disorder. It should be deleted as an identifier for oste...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Rothschild BM

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some erythrocyte genetic factors were studied in the indigenous population of Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, on the southeastern coast of the Arabian peninsula. Determinations carried out included blood groups and types ABO, MNS, Rh0, KkJsa, FyaFyb, P1, Lea, Vela, hemoglobin variants, and screenin...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Kamel K,Chandy R,Mousa H,Yunis D

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The analysis of 36 human skeletons (eight subadults, 13 males, 15 females) recovered during a cemetery relocation near Charleston, SC, provides data on health and disease for a 19th-century sample of Afro-Americans. The majority of the burials date from 1840-1870. Skeletal analysis verified some historical interpretat...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Rathbun TA

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence has recently accumulated that the Singa calvaria from Sudan probably dates from Oxygen Isotope Stage 6 (>130 ka). Morphological studies have indicated a mixture of archaic and more modern human traits, but such analyses are complicated by the possibility that the vault is pathologically deformed, although the...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Spoor F,Stringer C,Zonneveld F

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treponemal disease is known to be associated with the compromised community health of permanent village settlement. This association explains its high visibility in the village-based, arguably chiefdom level, agriculturalist societies of late prehistoric (AD 1300-1600) North America. Within chiefdom-level societies, h...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Smith MO,Betsinger TK,Williams LL

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genes for testis-specific protein Y (TSPY) were sequenced from chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes), gorilla (Gorilla gorilla), orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus), and baboon (Papio hamadryas). The sequences were compared with each other and with the published human sequence. Substitutions were detected at 144 of the 755 nucleoti...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Kim HS,Takenaka O

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of red cell phosphoglucomutase (PGM) subtypes was determined by starch-gel electrophoresis and isoelectric focusing in a group of 2,484 unrelated individuals from ten Mongoloid populations of East Asia. The sample comprised 998 Chinese from various localities--Singapore, 325; Malaysia, 270; Taiwan, 27...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Saha N

更新日期：1988-09-01 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：: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：:The role of physical anthropology in precollegiate education has been limited, but has the potential to play a vital and integral role in promoting students' understanding of themselves and others. This study describes the development, implementation, and results of a program constructed on an inquiry-based learning m...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Ashmore PC

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：: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: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：OBJECTIVES:The arrival of the Huns into Europe in the fourth century AD increased the occurrence of intentional cranial modification among European nomads. It has been postulated that the Huns used a two-bandage cranial binding technique to differentiate themselves from surrounding nomadic groups, including those from ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Mayall P,Pilbrow V

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Gilbert-McKern method for aging the female Os pubis has attained popularity following Gilbert's ('73) demonstration that the McKern-Stewart male standards are not directly applicable to females. In order to assess the reliability of the method, forensic anthropologists were asked to age a set of 11 pubes of known ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Suchey JM

更新日期：1979-09-01 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：:Different lines of evidence suggest that trabecular bone architecture contains a functional signal related to an organism's locomotor behavior. An understanding of the interspecific and intraspecific variation in extant nonhuman primate trabecular structure is needed to evaluate its usefulness as a tool to reconstruct...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Fajardo RJ,Ryan TM,Kappelman J

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The differences in trace element concentrations among 19 different bone elements procured from 10 archaeologically derived human skeletons have been investigated. The 10 individuals are dated archaeologically and some by radiocarbon dating to the medieval and post-medieval period, an interval from ca. AD 115...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Lund Rasmussen K,Skytte L,D'imporzano P,Orla Thomsen P,Søvsø M,Lier Boldsen J

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent biomechanical analyses examining the feeding adaptations of early hominins have yielded results consistent with the hypothesis that hard foods exerted a selection pressure that influenced the evolution of australopith morphology. However, this hypothesis appears inconsistent with recent reconstructions of early...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Strait DS,Constantino P,Lucas PW,Richmond BG,Spencer MA,Dechow PC,Ross CF,Grosse IR,Wright BW,Wood BA,Weber GW,Wang Q,Byron C,Slice DE,Chalk J,Smith AL,Smith LC,Wood S,Berthaume M,Benazzi S,Dzialo C,Tamvada K,

更新日期：2013-07-01 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：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：:Male baboons use their sharp upper canines in aggressive interactions. These teeth are sharpened against specialized lower third premolars. The honing premolar is protected against wear by having very thick enamel and the upper canine having very thin enamel, not by structural or mineral differences between the two en...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Walker A

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00