abstract：OBJECTIVES:Synthesize information on sleep patterns, sleep site use, and daytime predation at sleep sites in lorisiforms of Asia and Africa (10 genera, 36 species), and infer patterns of evolution of sleep site selection. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We conducted fieldwork in 12 African and six Asian countries, collecting da...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Svensson MS,Nekaris KAI,Bearder SK,Bettridge CM,Butynski TM,Cheyne SM,Das N,de Jong YA,Luhrs AM,Luncz LV,Maddock ST,Perkin A,Pimley E,Poindexter SA,Reinhardt KD,Spaan D,Stark DJ,Starr CR,Nijman V

更新日期：2018-07-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To infer the ecogeographic conditions that underlie the evolutionary diversification of macaques, we investigated the within- and between-species relationships of craniodental dimensions, geography, and environment in extant macaque species. We studied evolutionary processes by contrasting macroevolutionary ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Grunstra NDS,Mitteroecker P,Foley RA

更新日期：2018-06-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Interbirth intervals (IBIs) are a key metric of female reproductive success; understanding how they are regulated by environmental, social, and demographic factors can provide insight into sources of variance in female fitness. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Using 36 years of reproductive data on 490 IBIs for 160 wi...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Gesquiere LR,Altmann J,Archie EA,Alberts SC

更新日期：2018-05-01 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：OBJECTIVES:War atrocities committed by the Spanish army in the Low Countries during the 16th century are so ingrained in the collective memory of Belgian and Dutch societies that they generally assume a signature of this history to be present in their genetic ancestry. Historians claim this assumption is a consequence ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Larmuseau MHD,Calafell F,Princen SA,Decorte R,Soen V

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:The transition to an agricultural economy is often presumed to involve an increase in female fertility related to changes in weaning practice. In particular, the availability of staple crops as complementary foods is hypothesized to allow earlier weaning in agricultural populations. In this study, o...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： King CL,Halcrow SE,Millard AR,Gröcke DR,Standen VG,Portilla M,Arriaza BT

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Accurate age estimates are foundational for bioarchaeological research, yet the ability to accurately age older adult skeletons remains elusive. This study uses a new version of pulp/tooth area calculations to investigate chronological age of older archaeological individuals. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Pulp/toot...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： D'Ortenzio L,Prowse T,Inskip M,Kahlon B,Brickley M

更新日期：2018-03-01 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：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:We present a study of skeletal damage to four chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) infanticide victims from Gombe National Park, Tanzania. Skeletal analysis may provide insight into the adaptive significance of infanticide by examining whether nutritional benefits sufficiently explain infanticidal behavior. The nutr...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Kirchhoff CA,Wilson ML,Mjungu DC,Raphael J,Kamenya S,Collins DA

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Neandertal femora are particularly known for having a marked sagittal femoral curvature. This study examined femoral curvature in Neandertals in comparison to a modern human population from Belgium by the use of three-dimensional (3D) quadric surfaces modeled from the bone surface. 3D models provide detailed...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Chapman T,Sholukha V,Semal P,Louryan S,Van Sint Jan S

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Stable isotope analysis has been used to investigate consumption of marine resources in a variety of terrestrial mammals, including humans, but not yet in extant nonhuman primates. We sought to test the efficacy of stable isotope analysis as a tool for such studies by comparing isotope- and observation-based...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Lewis MC,West AG,O'Riain MJ

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：OBJECTIVES:A new tool for skeletal sex estimation based on measurements of the human os coxae is presented using skeletons from a metapopulation of identified adult individuals from twelve independent population samples. For reliable sex estimation, a posterior probability greater than 0.95 was considered to be the cla...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Brůžek J,Santos F,Dutailly B,Murail P,Cunha E

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A variety of mechanical processes can result in antemortem dental chipping. In this study, chipping data in the teeth of Homo naledi are compared with those of other pertinent dental samples to give insight into their etiology. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Permanent teeth with complete crowns evidencing occlusal w...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Towle I,Irish JD,De Groote I

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Stable isotope data provide insight into the reconstruction of ancient human diet. However, cooking may alter the original stable isotope compositions of food due to losses and modifications of biochemical and water components. METHODS:To address this issue, carbon, nitrogen and oxygen isotope ratios were m...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Royer A,Daux V,Fourel F,Lécuyer C

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe the physical growth of healthy children under 7 years in China based on the latest national survey and provide more data for revising growth reference and monitoring the impact of social development on children's health and growth. METHODS:In the cross-sectional survey, 161,774 healthy children ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Zhang YQ,Li H,Wu HH,Zong XN,Zhu ZH,Pan Y,Li J,Zheng XR,Wei M,Tong ML,Zhou AF,Hu Y,Chen W,Zhu K,Yu Y

更新日期：2017-07-01 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:European ancestry in many populations in Latin America at autosomal loci is often higher than that from X-linked loci indicating more European male ancestry and more Amerindian female ancestry. Generally, this has been attributed to more European male gene flow but could also result from an advantage to Euro...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Hedrick PW

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The degree of expression of sulcal patterns on endocasts of nonhuman primates has been shown to depend primarily on species (brain size) and age of the individual. It has been suggested that brain details on endocasts are reproduced better in juvenile than adult primates. Here, we investigated age-related ch...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Van Minh N,Hamada Y

更新日期：2017-06-01 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：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：OBJECTIVES:Modern humans diverge from other extant hominids (chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans) in a series of craniofacial morphological features. Like hylobatids, they possess a face with a reduced subnasal prognathism that is associated with a globular basicranium. These traits are not independent, as the skull ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Neaux D

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The higher primate scapula has been subject to many explanations of the putative "adaptive value" of its individual traits. However, the shift from the bone's position in above branch quadrupeds to its more posterolateral position in recent hominoids obviously required fundamental changes to its general form...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Selby MS,Lovejoy CO

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study is to demonstrate advantages of principal component analysis (PCA) as a standardized procedure in the evaluation of osteoarthritis (OA) in a skeletal series to: (1) compute aggregate scores for joint complexes that accurately capture pathological expression, (2) reveal which variabl...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Calce SE,Kurki HK,Weston DA,Gould L

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study is to report and interpret a feature on the anterolateral surface of the proximal femurs of the Krapina hominid collection that we briefly described in 2006 (Periodicum Biologorum, 108, 319-329). MATERIALS AND METHODS:We recorded the presence or absence of the feature in all the pr...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Belcastro MG,Mariotti V

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Growth standards and references currently used to assess population and individual health are derived primarily from urban populations, including few individuals from indigenous or subsistence groups. Given environmental and genetic differences, growth may vary in these populations. Thus, there is a need to ...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Blackwell AD,Urlacher SS,Beheim B,von Rueden C,Jaeggi A,Stieglitz J,Trumble BC,Gurven M,Kaplan H

更新日期：2017-03-01 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：: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：OBJECTIVES:The human respiratory apparatus is characterized by sexual dimorphism, the cranial airways of males being larger (both absolutely and relatively) than those of females. These differences have been linked to sex-specific differences in body composition, bioenergetics, and respiratory function. However, whethe...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： García-Martínez D,Torres-Tamayo N,Torres-Sanchez I,García-Río F,Bastir M

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of this research is to evaluate the relative strength of the influences of diet, size, and phylogenetic signal on dental geometric shape. Accurate comprehension of these factors and their interaction is important for reconstructing diet and deriving characters for a cladistic analysis in fossil primates. Geom...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： St Clair EM,Boyer DM

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The new species Agerinia smithorum (Adapiformes, Primates) from the early Eocene of the Iberian Peninsula is erected in this work. An emended diagnosis of the genus is provided, together with a broad description of the new species and comparisons with other samples assigned to Agerinia and other similar medium-sized c...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Femenias-Gual J,Minwer-Barakat R,Marigó J,Moyà-Solà S

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:It is a big challenge to diagnose the motives behind trepanations in prehistoric crania. Surgical-therapeutic attempts may be apparent by the presence of fractures, however, ritual or nonmedical motives are rarely supported by visible evidence in the bones. This article presents data on the trepanations of s...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Gresky J,Batieva E,Kitova A,Kalmykov A,Belinskiy A,Reinhold S,Berezina N

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A contribution to the knowledge of the economy and the environmental surroundings of the populations living along the Nile valley in three different periods. MATERIALS AND METHODS:This study reports stable isotope analyses on apatite bone samples of 139 humans, 48 mammals, and 43 fish from the Al Khiday arc...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Iacumin P,Di Matteo A,Usai D,Salvatori S,Venturelli G

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Humans are limited in their capacity to convert protein into energy. We present a hypothesis that a "bell" shaped thorax and a wide pelvis evolved in Neandertals, at least in part, as an adaptation to a high protein diet. A high protein diet created a need to house an enlarged liver and urinary system in a wider lower...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Ben-Dor M,Gopher A,Barkai R

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Investigations of the human femoral bicondylar angle have largely focused on interspecific differences and intrapopulation variation. This analysis assesses the range of variation in the bicondylar angle in humans across four populations, examining the effects of population, sex and age. MATERIALS AND METHO...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Waxenbaum EB,Stock MK

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study aims to evaluate the use of quantitative methods of measuring variation in scalp hair fiber shape and pigmentation and carry out exploratory data analysis on a limited sample of individuals from diverse populations in order to inform future avenues of research for the evolution of modern human hai...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Lasisi T,Ito S,Wakamatsu K,Shaw CN

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The presence of Microchoerus in Sant Cugat de Gavadons (Late Eocene, Ebro Basin, Northeastern Spain) was first noted by M. Crusafont, who described a fragment of maxilla with two teeth that he interpreted as P(4) and M(1) and referred this specimen to the species Microchoerus ornatus. The objective of this w...

journal_title：American journal of physical anthropology

authors： Minwer-Barakat R,Marigó J,Moyà-Solà S

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00