Percent of oxygen saturation of arterial hemoglobin among Bolivian Aymara at 3,900-4,000 m.

abstract：:This set of cross-sectional and longitudinal data from children and young adults in certain Bougainville and Solomon Islands populations undergoing rapid modernization during the period 1966-1986 reveals very different responses to essentially the same stimuli-the introduction and widespread availability of western di...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Weitz CA,Friedlaender FR,Van Horn A,Friedlaender JS

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morphometric data on postcranial elements of ten species of Old World primates are used to test the elastic similarity model of limb scaling. The data are divided into three groupings to exclude as much variation due to differences in locomotor adaptation as possible. The data on skeletal diameters fits the model reas...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Steudel K

更新日期：1984-11-01 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：: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：:Human interactions with nonhuman primates vary tremendously, from daily cultural engagements and food commodities, to pet ownership and tourist encounters. These interactions provide opportunities for the exchange of pathogenic organisms (both zoonoses and anthroponoses). As exposures are not limited to areas where bu...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Muehlenbein MP

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oliver is an African ape whose species identity has been debated in the popular media and by various scientists since the early 1970s. Although decisive morphological data has never been adduced on Oliver, many reports indicated that Oliver was morphologically unusual for a chimpanzee, particularly in his habitual bip...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Ely JJ,Leland M,Martino M,Swett W,Moore CM

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Femoral head size provides important information on body size in extinct species. Although it is well-known that femoral head size is correlated with acetabular size, the precision with which femoral head size can be estimated from acetabular size has not been quantified. The availability of accurate 3D surface models...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Plavcan JM,Hammond AS,Ward CV

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Early Byzantine (A.D. 330-842) monastic rules stipulated that entrants relinquished familial connections, personal belongings and secular relationships to become part of the ascetic collective that continued in death, resulting in bioarchaeological marginalization, as was the case of the monastics excavated ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Judd MA

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of the impact of post-marital residence patterns on the distribution of genetic variation within populations have returned conflicting results. These studies have generally examined genetic diversity within and between groups with different post-marriage residence patterns. Here, we directly examine Y chromoso...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Raaum RL,Al-Meeri A,Mulligan CJ

更新日期：2013-04-01 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：: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

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：:Nine human mandibular first premolars were examined to assess variation in external morphology and enamel structural organization within a tooth type. The relationship of enamel ultrastructure to gross dental morphology was also studied. The teeth were cut in the mesiodistal direction just lingual to the buccal cusp, ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Stern D,Skobe Z

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present report follows up on the findings of previous research, including recent bioarchaeological study of well-dated Khoesan skeletal remains, that posits long term biological continuity among the indigenous peoples of South Africa after the Pleistocene. The Arizona State University Dental Anthropology System wa...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Irish JD,Black W,Sealy J,Ackermann RR

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a series of specimens extending from fossil material through recent vertebrates including man there occurs a gradual phylogenetic increase in the degree of humeral torsion. A further (ontogenetic) torsion is superimposed upon the phylogenetic one in man which increases from birth until the proximal epiphysial carti...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Krahl VE

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parameters of Malécot's isolation-by-distance model are estimated for biological (anthropometric head and body dimensions, morphometric dimensions of metacarpal bones, quantitative and qualitative dermatoglyphic traits, and physiological/cardiorespiratory/variables) and linguistic distances and migrational kinship on ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Rudan P,Simić D,Smolej-Narancić N,Bennett LA,Janićijević B,Jovanović V,Lethbridge MF,Milicić J,Roberts DF,Sujoldzić A

更新日期：1987-11-01 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：:It has been suggested that bone and dental strontium contents of extinct terrestrial vertebrates vary in direct proportion to the strontium levels present in the animals' diets. It has been hypothesized that these trace quantities decrease as one moves upward along the food chain--herbivores having more strontium than...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Elias M

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last 20 years, studies on human identified skeletal collections have revealed a significant relationship between new bone formation on the visceral surface of ribs and pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). To improve methods of differential diagnosis of respiratory diseases in archaeological skeletons, an investigation ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Matos V,Santos AL

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metric and morphological characterizations of the permanent teeth from a total of 155 prehistoric Amerindians are presented. The individuals represent samples from three Ohio Valley burial complexes (considered together as the Late Diffuse group): Glacial Kame, Adena and Ohio Hopewell. Metric data include common measu...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Sciulli PW

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Kolmogorov-Smirnov one-sample test is sometimes used to test seasonality in births or other annually cyclic phenomena. However, it is shown that the maximum deviation from expected (D) may differ by a factor of almost two if the cycle is initiated in different months. Thus, different results are possible from the ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： McCullough JM

更新日期：1985-11-01 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：:Bilateral correlations are higher and bilateral variances within individuals smaller in the samples of inbred individuals than in matched control groups of the same sex for pattern intensities on fingers in four series of data and also for pattern intensities on palms, toes, and soles and the palmer main line indices ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Mukherjee A

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:First ribs bear information about thorax morphology and are usually well preserved, compared to other ribs, in bone/fossil samples. Several studies have addressed ontogeny of the first rib by studying changes in bone microanatomy and rib morphology separately, but no studies have combined both approaches to ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： García-Martínez D,Gil OG,Cambra-Moo O,Canillas M,Rodríguez MA,Bastir M,Martín AG

更新日期：2017-12-01 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：:Museum curators and living communities are sometimes reluctant to permit ancient DNA (aDNA) studies of human skeletal remains because the extraction of aDNA usually requires the destruction of at least some skeletal material. Whether these views stem from a desire to conserve precious materials or an objection to dest...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Bolnick DA,Bonine HM,Mata-Míguez J,Kemp BM,Snow MH,LeBlanc SA

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paranthropus is distinctive among hominoids in its possession of a greatly thickened hard palate. Although traditionally considered a structural adaptation to counter high-magnitude masticatory stress, alternative developmental models are equally viable. Three models of palatal thickening were evaluated in this study....

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： McCollum MA

更新日期：1997-07-01 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 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：: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