Technical note: CT determination of the mineral density of dry bone specimens using the dipotassium phosphate phantom.

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：: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：:Bones in the axial and appendicular skeletons exhibit heterogeneous growth patterns between different ethnic and sex groups. However, the influence of this differential growth on the expression of bone mineral content is not yet established. The aims of the present study were to investigate: 1) whether there are ethni...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Nyati LH,Norris SA,Cameron N,Pettifor JM

更新日期：2006-05-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Great apes show considerable diversity in socioecology and life history, but knowledge of their physical growth in natural settings is scarce. We characterized linear body size growth in wild mountain gorillas from Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda, a population distinguished by its extreme folivory and accele...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Galbany J,Abavandimwe D,Vakiener M,Eckardt W,Mudakikwa A,Ndagijimana F,Stoinski TS,McFarlin SC

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The analysis of prehistoric human dietary habits is key for understanding the effects of paleoenvironmental changes on the evolution of cultural and social human behaviors. In this study, we compare results from zooarchaeological, stable isotope and dental calculus analyses as well as lower second molar macr...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Oxilia G,Bortolini E,Badino F,Bernardini F,Gazzoni V,Lugli F,Romandini M,Radini A,Terlato G,Marciani G,Silvestrini S,Menghi Sartorio JC,Thun Hohenstein U,Fiorenza L,Kullmer O,Tuniz C,Moggi Cecchi J,Talamo S,Fontana F

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genus Saguinus represents a successful radiation of over 20 species of small-bodied New World monkeys. Studies of the tamarin diet indicate that insects and small vertebrates account for ∼16-45% of total feeding and foraging time, and represent an important source of lipids, protein, and metabolizable energy. Alth...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Mallott EK,Malhi RS,Garber PA

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to being frugivorous, Cebus and Saimiri stand out among the New World primates of similar body size in being heavily dependent on animal matter for protein (faunivory). A detailed description of the morphology and behavior of the two genera is presented with the object of evaluating the interaction and res...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Janson CH,Boinski S

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large collection of identified human skeletons curated at the Bocage Museum (National Museum of Natural History, Lisbon, Portugal) has remained in relative anonymity since its collecting protocol was initiated in the 1980s. This collection originates from modern cemetery sources and is comprised of 1,692 skeletons w...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Cardoso HF

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Root dentine transparency (RDT) was used to estimate the ages of human subjects from 152 intact teeth. Teeth were from 134 subjects, both historical and recent, of known age and sex. The aims of this work are 1) to compare two methods of using RDT to estimate age; 2) to test the applicability of the regression formula...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Drusini A,Calliari I,Volpe A

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Among the diagnostic features of the Neandertal mandible are the broad base of the coronoid process and its straight posterior margin. The adaptive value of these (and other) anatomical features has been linked to the Neandertal's need to cope with a large gape. The present study aims to test this hypothesis...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Marom A,Rak Y

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 5,200-year-old Tyrolean Ice Man discovered in 1991 in the Otztal Alps is the world's most ancient known human glacier mummy. Histological investigation was aimed at 1) optimizing specimen preparation and 2) documenting the preservation state of (sub)cellular components. Minute pieces of frozen tissue were removed ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Hess MW,Klima G,Pfaller K,Künzel KH,Gaber O

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Many studies on subadult sex estimation focus on elements that express sexually dimorphic features in adults. In contrast, diaphyseal dimensions have been shown to display sex-specific differences prior to adolescence. The current study evaluates the use of diaphyseal dimensions in subadult sex estimation. ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Stull KE,L'Abbé EN,Ousley SD

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using observations on the presence or absence of terminal hair in 13 locations on 700 white adult males, descriptive statistics were tabulated, phi coefficients of intercorrelation were computed, principal axis factor loadings were extracted, and varimax rotation of factors to simple structure was performed. The resul...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Barker DG

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:African American populations in the U.S. formed primarily by mating between Africans and Europeans over the last 500 years. To date, studies of admixture have focused on either a one-time admixture event or continuous input into the African American population from Europeans only. Our goal is to gain a bette...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Gross JM

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This cross-sectional study investigates metabolic bone disease and the relationship between age and bone mineral density (BMD) in males and females of a large, well-documented skeletal population of free-ranging rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta), from the Caribbean Primate Research Center Museum collection from Cayo San...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Cerroni AM,Tomlinson GA,Turnquist JE,Grynpas MD

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluate the hardness of foods consumed by sympatric Cercopithecus ascanius (redtail guenons) and Lophocebus albigena (grey-cheeked mangabeys), and consider how selection might operate to influence foraging adaptations. Since L. albigena has among the thickest dental enamel in extant primates and is commonly referr...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Lambert JE,Chapman CA,Wrangham RW,Conklin-Brittain NL

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this brief communication is to report the results of an analysis of maxillary premolar accessory ridges (MxPAR), a common but understudied accessory ridge that may occur both mesial and distal to the central ridge of the buccal cusp of upper premolars. We developed a new five-grade scoring plaque to bet...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Burnett SE,Hawkey DE,Turner CG 2nd

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article examines the influence of nutritional status on the emergence of deciduous dentition in a cross-sectional sample of 510 rural Rajput children from the Jubbal and Kotkhai Tehsils, Shimla District, Himachal Pradesh, India. The nutritional status of each child was evaluated using Z-scores of height/supine le...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Gaur R,Kumar P

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patterns of carious lesions were analyzed in the Classic period coastal Maya population of Xcambó, a salt production and administration center in northern Yucatan. To this end, the study investigated caries in the permanent dentitions of 163 adult skeletons, 23 from the Early Classic (AD 250-550) and 140 from the Late...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Cucina A,Cantillo CP,Sosa TS,Tiesler V

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new partial skeleton of Proconsul nyanzae from Mfangano Island, Kenya (KNM-MW 13142) includes five lumbar vertebrae, a partial sacrum, and nearly complete hipbone. Until recently, little was known of the axial and pelvic skeletons of Proconsul, or any early Miocene hominoid. Because torso morphology directly reflect...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Ward CV

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study explores variation and trends in first molar enamel thickness and daily enamel secretion rates over a 2000 year period in Britain. METHODS:Permanent first molars (n = 89) from the Roman, Anglo-Saxon, and Medieval periods, as well as modern-day Britain, were analyzed using standard histological me...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Aris C,Mahoney P,O'Hara MC,Deter C

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A "dip" in the stable nitrogen isotope ratios (δ(15)N) of subadults in the late weaning/early post-weaning phase of growth and development has been observed. Speculatively, this is the mechanism of positive nitrogen balance operating among rapidly growing subadults. An alternate hypothesis for δ(15)N dips is...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Reitsema LJ,Muir AB

更新日期：2015-06-01 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 objective of this study was to identify the presence of degenerative spondylolisthesis in adult Native American skeletons recovered from prehistoric and historic Pueblo sites in New Mexico. The vertebral columns of 491 individuals that were complete enough to allow the necessary observations produced 64 cases, wit...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Merbs CF

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An approach, computational shape analysis (CSA), is presented here which utilizes a Fourier-wavelet representation to numerically describe shape features of biological forms. Two elements are involved: 1) elliptical Fourier functions (EFFs), to provide estimates of global aspects, and 2) continuous wavelet transforms ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Lestrel PE,Cesar RM Jr,Takahashi O,Kanazawa E

更新日期：2005-11-01 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：:The bone mineral content (BMC), bone width, and cross-sectional moment of inertia (CSMI) of 141 Alaskan Eskimo tibias were measured using photon absorptiometry. The effects of age and sex on the bones' structural properties were studied. It was found that in women, BMC decreased by 50% between the third and sixth deca...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Martin RB,Burr DB,Schaffler MB

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the skeletal maturity status of Japanese children in Western Kyushu and its variation within Japanese populations. Hand-wrist skeletal maturity was assessed by the Tanner-Whitehouse (1975) (TW2) method from radiographs of 500 boys and 485 girls aged from 4 to 15 years. Western Kyushu children show...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Takai S,Akiyoshi T

更新日期：1983-10-01 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