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Size reduction associated with brachymesophalangia-5: A possible selective advantage
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Subjects with brachymesophalangia-5 (the short middle segment trait of the fifth digit) are systematically reduced in the length of the second metacarpal and in stature, by approximately 0.5 standard deviations, in contrast ...
Variability of postnatal ossification timing and evidence for a “dosage” effect
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Although absolute variability in postnatal ossification timing is generally larger in boys than in girls, relative, conception-corrected variability is significantly larger in girls, suggestive of a “dosage” effect and ...
Zuttiyeh face: A view from the east
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We analyze the phylogenetic position of the frontofacial fragment from Zuttiyeh, Israel. This specimen is dated to the Middle Pleistocene (the latest estimate is between 250 and 350 kyr) and is associated with the ...
Some notes on the vÉrtesszÖllÖs occipital This research was supported by NSF grant BNS 75–21756 and a grant from the National Academy of Sciences Eastern European Program.
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An examination of the VÉrtesszÖllÖs occipital bone indicates the need for taking its condition and preservation as well as certain aspects of its morphology into account prior to a metric assessment of its features. This ...
Post-Pleistocene changes in the human dentition Earlier versions of this paper were presented before the American Association of Physical Anthropologists in the symposium Teeth as Tools , organized by Dr. Stephen Molnar, Washington, D.C., March, 1970; and at the meetings of the American Anthropological Association in San Diego, November, 1970.
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Published evidence indicates sharp reductions in the hominid dentition following the end of the Pleistocene. These reductions, both in size and in morphological complexity, have proceeded farthest in those areas where ...
Upper pleistocene human remains from Vindija cave, Croatia, Yugoslavia
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Human remains excavated from Vindija cave include a large although fragmentary sample of late Mousterian-associated specimens and a few additional individuals from the overlying early Upper Paleolithic levels. The ...
Bilateral symmetry in finer lines of increased density
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Radiogrammetric comparisons of the left and right femora of adult archaic Indian Knoll specimens from Kentucky show bilateral correspondence in more than 50% of “key” lines of increased radiographic density, indicating the ...
Man. second ed. By Richard J. Harrison and William Montagna. viii + 458 pp., figures, tables, bibliography, index. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J. $5.25 (paper)
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Ape, man, apeman: Changing views since 1600. Edited by Raymond Corbey and Bert Theunissen. Leiden: Department of Prehistory of Leiden University. 1995. 408 pp. ISBN 90-73368-05-7. npg (paper)
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Relationship of skinfolds and muscle size to growth of children. I. Costa Rica
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The relationships between triceps skinfolds and stature and between upper arm muscle size and stature were studied on 874 pairs matched for age derived from a cross-sectional sample of 2,445 Costa Rican rural subjects, ...