Quantifying phalangeal curvature: an empirical comparison of alternative methods.

abstract：:This study attempts to fill a persistent gap in the literature by documenting the timing of epiphyseal union at the vertebral end of the ribs in a sample of modern Portuguese skeletons. The skeletal remains of 53 females and 45 males, between the ages of 11 and 30, were taken from the Lisbon documented skeletal collec...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Ríos L,Cardoso HF

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ecological pressures shaping chimpanzee anatomy and behavior are the subject of much discussion in primatology and paleoanthropology, yet empirical data on fundamental parameters including body size, morbidity, and mortality are rare for wild chimpanzees. Here, we present skeletal pathology and body size data for ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Carter ML,Pontzer H,Wrangham RW,Peterhans JK

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Total testosterone and dihydrotestosterone in blood serum as well as free testosterone in saliva were determined by radioimmunoassay in 110 healthy young men. The results were compared with the development of terminal hair on the trunk and limbs, with the disposition to balding and with the disposition to acne. No sig...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Knussmann R,Christiansen K,Kannmacher J

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The basicranium has been argued to contain a strong phylogenetic signal in previous analyses of primate cranial morphology. Therefore, further study of basicranial morphology may offer new insights into controversial phylogenetic relationships within primate groups. In this study, I apply 3-D geometric morphometric te...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Gilbert CC

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sexual dimorphism in primate species expresses the effects of phylogeny, life history, behavior, and ontogeny. The causes and implications of sexual dimorphism have been studied in several different primates using a variety of morphological databases such as body weight, canine length, and coat color and ornamentation...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Masterson TJ,Hartwig WC

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Associations between season of birth and body size, morbidity, and mortality have been widely documented, but it is unclear whether different parts of the body are differentially sensitive, and if such effects persist through childhood. This may be relevant to understanding the relationship between early life environm...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Pomeroy E,Wells JC,Stanojevic S,Miranda JJ,Cole TJ,Stock JT

更新日期：2014-05-01 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：: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：:Recent molecular and morphological surveys suggest that mangabeys do not represent a monophyletic group. Specifically, Cercocebus is the sister taxon of Mandrillus, whereas Lophocebus forms an unresolved trichotomy with Papio and Theropithecus. The Cercocebus-Mandrillus clade is characterized by skeletal and dental ad...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Daegling DJ,McGraw WS

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Body size (stature and mass) estimates are integral to understanding the lifeways of past populations.Body size estimation of an archaeological skeletal sample can be problematic when the body size or proportions of the population are distinctive. One such population is that of the Holocene Later Stone Age (LSA) of so...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

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

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a survey of dental health status of ancient Southern Peru, 101 skeletal remains were studied from five cultures: Paracas, Nazca, Tiahuanaco, Ica, and Inca. The Paracas and Ica cultures exhibited more missing antemortem teeth per mandible than the other cultures. Frequency of missing one or more third molars was les...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Elzay RP,Allison MJ,Pezzia A

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The existence of an apomorphic reciprocal chromosomal translocation in the gorilla lineage has been asserted or denied by various cytogeneticists. We employed a new molecular cytogenetic strategy (chromosomal in situ suppression hybridization) combined with high-resolution banding, replication sequence analysis, and f...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Stanyon R,Wienberg J,Romagno D,Bigoni F,Jauch A,Cremer T

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pursuant to his major research interest in the cultural ecology of hunter-gatherers, Birdsell collected an unparalleled body of phenotypic data on Aboriginal Australians during the mid twentieth century. Birdsell did not explicitly relate the geographic patterning in his data to Australia's climatic variation, instead...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Gilligan I,Bulbeck D

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Hadar site in Ethiopia is a prolific source of hominid fossils attributed to the species Australopithecus afarensis, which spans the period 3.4-3.0 million years (myr) in the Sidi Hakoma, Denen Dora and lower Kada Hadar Members of the Hadar Formation. Since 1992 a major focus of field work conducted at Hadar has c...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Kimbel WH,Johanson DC,Rak Y

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A model is developed that treats migration rates among populations as a function of the geographic distance between them and the size of both sources and recipient population. Specifically, mij/mjj = a(Ni/Nj)pe-bd, where mij/mjj is the relative migration rate into population j from population i, Ni is the size of the ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Relethford JH

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Philippines is generally believed to have been established by various peoples who migrated from neighboring areas. To gain new insights into the peopling of the Philippines, we used the JC virus (JCV) genotyping approach. We collected about 50 urine samples on each of two representative islands of the Philippines,...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Miranda JJ,Sugimoto C,Paraguison R,Takasaka T,Zheng HY,Yogo Y

更新日期：2003-02-01 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：:Body proportions and tissue composition (e.g., relative contributions of muscle, skin, bone, and adipose to total body mass) were determined through dissection of four adult captive lowland gorillas. The relative contribution of bone varies little among the four animals (10.2-13.4%) despite considerable range in body ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Zihlman AL,McFarland RK

更新日期：2000-09-01 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：:Skin coloration in indigenous peoples is strongly related to levels of ultraviolet radiation (UVR). In this study, the relationships of skin reflectance to seasonal UVR levels and other environmental variables were investigated, with the aim of determining which variables contributed most significantly to skin reflect...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Chaplin G

更新日期：2004-11-01 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：:The mummification methods of an ancient maritime population on the northern coast of Chile are reviewed and the findings in an additional seven individuals are reported. Members of this cultural group, Chinchorro, practiced a selective, elaborate form of artificial mummification which persisted more than 4,000 years. ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Aufderheide AC,Muñoz I,Arriaza B

更新日期：1993-06-01 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：OBJECTIVES:The Taung hominin fossil was recovered in 1924 during quarry operations in the tufa formations of the Buxton Limeworks. Reconstructions of the depositional environment of the juvenile Australopithecus skull have concentrated on the types of caves that form within the tufa. Hopley et al. (Am J Phys Anthropol ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： McKee JK

更新日期：2016-02-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether (1) maximal handgrip strength (HGS) is associated with inter-island level of economic development in Vanuatu, (2) how associations between island of residence and HGS are mediated by age, sex, body size/composition, and individual sociodeomographic variation, and (3) whether HGS is predi...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Olszowy KM,Little MA,Lee G,Pomer A,Dancause KN,Sun C,Silverman H,Chan CW,Tarivonda L,Kaneko A,Weitz C,Koji Lum J,Garruto RM

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report concerns one problem encountered with application of American white dental formation standards to age assessment of sub-adults of archaeological context. Dental ages for eight mandibular permanent teeth and maxillary central and lateral incisors of Arikara Indian immature skeletons were determined accordin...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Owsley DW,Jantz RL

更新日期：1983-08-01 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：:Serum samples of 683 unrelated male and female individuals of four Sardinian population samples (Sassari, Nuoro, Oristano and Cagliari) were typed for G 1 m (1,2,3,17), G 3 m (5,6,10,11,13,14,15,16,21,26), and Km (1). Phenotype, haplotype (Gm), and allele frequencies (Km), respectively, show a remarkable variability b...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Walter H,Matsumoto H,De Stefano GF

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New data were obtained on mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from Guahibo from Venezuela, a group so far not studied using molecular data. A population sample (n = 59) was analyzed for mtDNA variation in two control-region hypervariable segments (HV1 and HV2) by sequencing. The presence or absence of a 9-bp polymorphism in the...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Vona G,Falchi A,Moral P,Calò CM,Varesi L

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00