Now showing items 1-10 of 63
Magnitude of sex differences in dichotomous ossification sequences of the hand and wrist
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 1975-01)
Among the dichotomous (present/absent:absent/present) ossinication sequences individually ascertained in 3059 boys and girls with at least one but not more than 27 ossification centers of the hand and wrist, 54 such sequences ...
A radiographic standard of reference for the growing knee. By S. I. Pyle and N. L. Hoerr. 135 pp. and 31 ill. Charles C Thomas, Springfield, Illinois. 1969. $6.25
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 1970-09)
No Abstract.
The operational meaning of maturity criteria
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 1971-11)
The fact that specific radiographic criteria represent different proportions of attained maturity in males and females, in individuals of different geographical origin, in undernourished as opposed to over-nourished subjects ...
Level of fatness and size attainment
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 1974-05)
In a generally low-income group of 4,888 White boys and girls, 740 obese children (above the 85th percentile for the triceps fatfold) stand systematically taller, by 0.64 Z scores, than 840 lean boys and girls (below the ...
VÉrtesszÖllÖs and the Presapiens theory
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 1971-09)
The Presapiens theory, suggesting completely separate lineages leading to Neandertals and to Homo sapiens , has recently received a number of setbacks. However, the discovery of two hominids at VertesszÖllÖs could be ...
The improper use of fossil nomenclature
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 1971-09)
Retention of obsolete genera and species, and premature acceptance of provisional genera and species unnecessarily inhibit meaningful communication between students of fossil man.
Sagittal cresting in the South African australopithecines This research was supported by NSF grant GS-33035.
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 1974-05)
The evidence for sagittal cresting, and more generally the position of the temporal lines is reviewed in the South African australopithecine sample. The position of the lines is dependent on both the allometric relation ...
Confirmation of the sex difference in continuing subperiosteal apposition
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 1972-05)
A major sex difference in the rate of continuing bone expansion was confirmed for 5660 adult subjects of European ancestry. The five-decade gain in metacarpal midshaft area amounted to 8.4% in 3455 females and 2.8% in 2205 ...
Book reviews
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1979-06)
Brachymesophalangia-5 without cone-epiphysis mid-5 in Down's syndrome
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 1972-03)
Brachymesophalangia-5 proved to be far more frequent in 212 cases of Down's syndrome karyotype (i.e., 21%) than in 14,197 survey volunteers of European ancestry (1.4%). However, none of 28 juvenile Down's syndrome patients ...