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The path less traveled: Using structural equation modeling to investigate factors influencing bone functional morphology 少有人走的路利用结构方程模型研究影响骨骼功能形态的因素。
IF 1.7 2区 生物学
American Journal of Biological Anthropology Pub Date : 2024-07-24 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.24999
Rob'yn A. Johnston, Libby W. Cowgill
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Ontogenetic biomechanics of tufted (Sapajus) and untufted (Cebus) capuchin mandibles 有簇毛(Sapajus)和无簇毛(Cebus)卷尾猴下颌骨的个体发育生物力学。
IF 1.7 2区 生物学
American Journal of Biological Anthropology Pub Date : 2024-07-24 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.25006
Taylor A. Polvadore, Caitlin B. Yoakum, Parker M. Taylor, Megan A. Holmes, Myra F. Laird, Janine Chalk-Wilayto, Cláudia Misue Kanno, José Américo de Oliveira, Claire E. Terhune
{"title":"Ontogenetic biomechanics of tufted (Sapajus) and untufted (Cebus) capuchin mandibles","authors":"Taylor A. Polvadore,&nbsp;Caitlin B. Yoakum,&nbsp;Parker M. Taylor,&nbsp;Megan A. Holmes,&nbsp;Myra F. Laird,&nbsp;Janine Chalk-Wilayto,&nbsp;Cláudia Misue Kanno,&nbsp;José Américo de Oliveira,&nbsp;Claire E. Terhune","doi":"10.1002/ajpa.25006","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ajpa.25006","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objectives</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Cortical bone geometry is commonly used to investigate biomechanical properties of primate mandibles. However, the ontogeny of these properties is less understood. Here we investigate changes in cortical bone cross-sectional properties throughout capuchin ontogeny and compare captive versus wild, semi-provisioned groups. Tufted capuchins (<i>Sapajus</i> spp.) are known to consume relatively hard/tough foods, while untufted capuchins (<i>Cebus</i> spp.) exploit less mechanically challenging foods. Previous research indicates dietary differences are present early in development and adult <i>Sapajus</i> mandibles can resist higher bending/shear/torsional loads.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Materials and methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study utilized microCT scans of 22 <i>Cebus</i> and 45 <i>Sapajus</i> from early infancy to adulthood from three sample populations: one captive <i>Cebus</i>, one captive <i>Sapajus</i>, and one semi-provisioned, free-ranging <i>Sapajus</i>. Mandibular cross-sectional properties were calculated at the symphysis, P<sub>3</sub>, and M<sub>1</sub>. If the tooth had not erupted, its position within the crypt was used. A series of one-way ANOVAs were performed to assess differences between and within the sample populations.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Mandible robusticity increases across ontogeny for all three sample populations. <i>Sapajus</i> were better able to withstand bending and torsional loading even early in ontogeny, but no difference in shear resistance was found. Semi-provisioned, free-ranging <i>Sapajus</i> tend to show increased abilities to resist bending and torsional loading but not shear loading compared to captive <i>Sapajus</i>.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Discussion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study helps advance our understanding of the primate masticatory system development and opens the door for further studies into adaptive plasticity in shaping the masticatory apparatus of capuchins and differences in captive versus free-ranging sample populations.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":29759,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Biological Anthropology","volume":"185 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ajpa.25006","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141761368","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The disposability and inclusion of Brown bodies 布朗身体的可支配性和包容性。
IF 1.7 2区 生物学
American Journal of Biological Anthropology Pub Date : 2024-07-21 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.25003
Sabrina C. Agarwal
{"title":"The disposability and inclusion of Brown bodies","authors":"Sabrina C. Agarwal","doi":"10.1002/ajpa.25003","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ajpa.25003","url":null,"abstract":"<p>While there has been increased awareness of the ethics of curation, research, and teaching with human skeletal remains, there has been little recognition of the millions of skeletal remains from South Asia that were harvested illegally and/or unethically for educational institutions globally for over a century. This article gives a contextualization of the unique history and nature of anatomical teaching collections, and why they are an important locus for a decolonized and antiracist biological anthropology. I present the historical background of how the exportation and commodification of Indian bodies came to dominate the global bone trade. I also discuss how historical necropolitics explicitly erased the identity and objectified South Asian people made into study skeletons, and the way our current practices continue to uphold colonial violence. Finally, I discuss what we might do with these historical collections and the ways that inclusion of Brown voices is critical to ethical practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":29759,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Biological Anthropology","volume":"186 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11775433/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141735215","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Well supplied in life, set aside in death: A multi-isotope study of Justinian plague victims from Saint-Doulchard (France, 7th–8th centuries AD) 生前供应充足,死后被搁置一旁:对 Saint-Doulchard(法国,公元 7-8 世纪)查士丁尼鼠疫受害者的多同位素研究。
IF 1.7 2区 生物学
American Journal of Biological Anthropology Pub Date : 2024-07-21 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.25002
Zdeněk Vytlačil, Raphaël Durand, Sacha Kacki, Marion Holleville, Sylva Drtikolová Kaupová, Jaroslav Brůžek, Dominique Castex, Petr Velemínský
{"title":"Well supplied in life, set aside in death: A multi-isotope study of Justinian plague victims from Saint-Doulchard (France, 7th–8th centuries AD)","authors":"Zdeněk Vytlačil,&nbsp;Raphaël Durand,&nbsp;Sacha Kacki,&nbsp;Marion Holleville,&nbsp;Sylva Drtikolová Kaupová,&nbsp;Jaroslav Brůžek,&nbsp;Dominique Castex,&nbsp;Petr Velemínský","doi":"10.1002/ajpa.25002","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ajpa.25002","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objectives</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Justinian plague and its subsequent outbreaks were major events influencing Early Medieval Europe. One of the affected communities was the population of Saint-Doulchard in France, where plague victim burials were concentrated in a cemetery enclosure ditch. This study aimed to obtain more information about their life-histories using the tools of isotope analysis.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Materials and Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Dietary analysis using carbon and nitrogen isotopes was conducted on 97 individuals buried at Le Pressoir in Saint-Doulchard, with 36 of those originating from the enclosure ditch. This sample set includes all individuals analyzed for plague DNA in a previous study. Mobility analysis using strontium isotope analysis supplements the dietary study, with 47 analyzed humans. The results are supported by a reference sample set of 31 animal specimens for dietary analysis and 9 for mobility analysis.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The dietary analysis results showed significantly different dietary behavior in individuals from the ditch burials, with better access to higher quality foods richer in animal protein. <sup>87</sup>Sr/<sup>86</sup>Sr ratios are similar for both studied groups and indicate a shared or similar area of origin.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Discussion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The results suggest that the ditch burials contain an urban population from the nearby city of Bourges, which overall had a better diet than the rural population from Saint-Doulchard. It is implied that city's population might have been subjected to high mortality rates during the plague outbreak(s), which led to their interment in nearby rural cemeteries.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":29759,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Biological Anthropology","volume":"185 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ajpa.25002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141735193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Ontogeny and sexual dimorphism in the human hands through a 2D geometric morphometrics approach 通过二维几何形态计量学方法研究人类手部的本体发育和性双态性。
IF 1.7 2区 生物学
American Journal of Biological Anthropology Pub Date : 2024-07-21 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.25001
Verónica Fernández-Navarro, Diego Garate, Daniel García Martínez
{"title":"Ontogeny and sexual dimorphism in the human hands through a 2D geometric morphometrics approach","authors":"Verónica Fernández-Navarro,&nbsp;Diego Garate,&nbsp;Daniel García Martínez","doi":"10.1002/ajpa.25001","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ajpa.25001","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objectives</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study aims to conduct a thorough characterization of hand morphology. Employing a 2D geometric morphometric approach, we scrutinize individual fingers and the palm, delineating the ontogenetic trajectories for each biological sex and investigating the alterations that take place at various stages of human development.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Materials and methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>A set of thirty-two 2D anatomical landmarks were assessed in a sex-balanced sample of human hands (F = 275, M = 250 males), spanning all stages of human development. Following Procrustes registration, the data on size and shape for individual fingers and the palm were examined for each biological sex and age group. Regression analysis was utilized to quantify ontogenetic trajectories for each biological sex.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The findings suggest a gradual escalation in sexual dimorphism throughout human development, with statistically noteworthy distinctions becoming apparent in size starting at the age of 3, and in shape from the age of 7 onwards. Additionally, our analyses uncover a distinctive sigmoid pattern between sexes, indicating that biological male hands exhibit a sturdier build compared to biological female hands from early childhood onward.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>In conclusion, this study enriches our insights into sexual dimorphism in human hands, stressing the importance of considering both size and shape across different ontogenetic stages. These findings not only expand our understanding of human biological variation but also lay the foundation for future interdisciplinary research in diverse scientific domains.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":29759,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Biological Anthropology","volume":"185 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ajpa.25001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141735214","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The cost of being qualified: Current barriers faced by graduate students in forensic anthropology 合格的代价:法医人类学研究生目前面临的障碍。
IF 1.7 2区 生物学
American Journal of Biological Anthropology Pub Date : 2024-07-20 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.25005
Thomas A. Delgado, Randi M. Depp, Raphaela M. Meloro, Katherine M. Lane
{"title":"The cost of being qualified: Current barriers faced by graduate students in forensic anthropology","authors":"Thomas A. Delgado,&nbsp;Randi M. Depp,&nbsp;Raphaela M. Meloro,&nbsp;Katherine M. Lane","doi":"10.1002/ajpa.25005","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ajpa.25005","url":null,"abstract":"<p>When considering the best ethical practices in forensic anthropology, one must consider how accessible the field is to new students that are responsible for driving the future of research, pedagogy, and the field as a whole. While there is no denying that there are multiple barriers to accessing academia (e.g., racism, sexism, xenophobia, etc.) the cost of a graduate education is a key factor that affects the diversity of people that are able to enter the field. Here, the cost of 24 universities prominent in the education of forensic anthropologists are considered in tandem with the opportunities for funding offered by these institutions and average costs of living for the respective surrounding areas. Demographic data for the universities at the graduate and undergraduate level was additionally compared with the demographics of the cities surrounding the universities. Funding, excluding loans, was shown to be greatly below cost of living in university cities, and often did not match the costs of attendance estimated by institutions. Including the cost of living, the average graduate degree costs over $60,000 per year while the average stipend for graduate students is below $14,000 necessitating the need for loans or out-of-institute support. White individuals were overrepresented in graduate enrollment when compared with surrounding area demographics, even when university demographics were similar to those of the surrounding area. Overall, findings highlight the inaccessibility of pursuing higher education for minority groups and demonstrate the need for institutions to develop funding programs to promote diversity in higher education.</p>","PeriodicalId":29759,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Biological Anthropology","volume":"186 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11775425/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141731487","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Morphological and morphometric study of the hominin dental casts from Grotta-Riparo di Uluzzo C (Apulia, southern Italy) 对来自 Grotta-Riparo di Uluzzo C(意大利南部阿普利亚)的人牙铸件进行形态学和形态计量学研究。
IF 1.7 2区 生物学
American Journal of Biological Anthropology Pub Date : 2024-07-20 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.24998
Francesca Seghi, Rita Sorrentino, Shara E. Bailey, Erica Piccirilli, Antonino Vazzana, Eugenio Bortolini, Owen A. Higgins, Giulia Marciani, Medica A. Orlando, Enza E. Spinapolice, Adriana Moroni, Stefano Benazzi
{"title":"Morphological and morphometric study of the hominin dental casts from Grotta-Riparo di Uluzzo C (Apulia, southern Italy)","authors":"Francesca Seghi,&nbsp;Rita Sorrentino,&nbsp;Shara E. Bailey,&nbsp;Erica Piccirilli,&nbsp;Antonino Vazzana,&nbsp;Eugenio Bortolini,&nbsp;Owen A. Higgins,&nbsp;Giulia Marciani,&nbsp;Medica A. Orlando,&nbsp;Enza E. Spinapolice,&nbsp;Adriana Moroni,&nbsp;Stefano Benazzi","doi":"10.1002/ajpa.24998","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ajpa.24998","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objectives</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Grotta-Riparo di Uluzzo C (Apulia, southern Italy) is a pivotal site for investigating the evolution of the Middle Paleolithic and the earliest phases of the Upper Paleolithic in southern Italy, as the extensive stratigraphic record of this site includes a thick Mousterian sequence followed by the Uluzzian. Here, we investigate the taxonomic affinity of seven unpublished deciduous human teeth retrieved from the site of Uluzzo C in 1960.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Materials and Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The teeth are represented by seven plaster dental casts, which are housed at the Museo Civico di Paleontologia e Paletnologia in Maglie (Lecce, Apulia). The location of the original specimens remains unknown, rendering these casts the only human remains evidence yielded by Uluzzo C to date. Based on occlusal-view photographs and digital models of the casts, we examined the external morphology and morphometry of the teeth, comparing them to <i>Homo sapiens</i> and <i>H. neanderthalensis</i> samples. Through geometric morphometric methods and statistical analyses, we analyzed the crown outline of the deciduous molars.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The teeth show morphological and morphometric features that are variably found in <i>H. neanderthalensis</i>, <i>H. sapiens</i>, or both. Specifically, crown outline analysis shows that all molars fall within <i>H. neanderthalensis</i> variability, except for Uluzzo 853 (lower right deciduous first molar), which falls within <i>H. sapiens</i> variability.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Discussion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study provides the first taxonomic assessment of the hominin teeth from Uluzzo C. The results contribute additional insights into the Paleolithic peopling of southern Italy during a crucial period marked by the persistence of post-Tyrrhenian Neanderthal techno-complexes and the arrival of <i>H. sapiens</i>.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":29759,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Biological Anthropology","volume":"185 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ajpa.24998","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141731486","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Proposed complementary osteological indicators: Advancing the estimation of puberty stages in Bioarcheology 拟议的补充骨学指标:推进生物发育期的估算。
IF 1.7 2区 生物学
American Journal of Biological Anthropology Pub Date : 2024-07-12 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.24996
Alessia Bareggi, Valentina Giuffra, Giulia Riccomi
{"title":"Proposed complementary osteological indicators: Advancing the estimation of puberty stages in Bioarcheology","authors":"Alessia Bareggi,&nbsp;Valentina Giuffra,&nbsp;Giulia Riccomi","doi":"10.1002/ajpa.24996","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ajpa.24996","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objectives</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The study of puberty is a well-established area of bioarcheological research, which greatly enhances our understanding of adolescence and growth in the past. Since the publications of Shapland and Lewis' works, which have become “standards” for estimating puberty in skeletal material, no additional osteological indicators of puberty have been proposed. Nevertheless, clinical practice constantly develops skeletal maturation markers that could be useful in bioarcheology. This study aims to assess the applicability and reliability of novel puberty indicators as a complementary tool to estimate puberty in skeletal remains.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Materials and Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Four new maturation markers including spheno-occipital synchondrosis, humeral head ossification, calcaneal apophysis ossification, and mandibular premolar mineralization were selected and applied to a sample of 85 adolescents from pre-Roman southern Italy (Pontecagnano, 7th–4th <span>BCE</span>).</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Despite some limits in adapting the original clinical methods to osteoarcheological material, the use of these novel skeletal indicators had moderate to excellent scoring repeatability and an overall high agreement with the puberty and menarche status previously estimated with standard methods. These results encourage us to apply these markers in bioarcheology. In some cases, minor adaptations of the original scoring systems are suggested to enhance reliability.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Discussion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Including the proposed indicators in routine puberty data collection allows us to refine puberty estimation and improve the ability to identify key growth milestones in poorly preserved skeletons. Further application to osteological collections with diverse chronology and geographical differences is needed to assess how and to what extent the newly proposed maturation markers perform.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":29759,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Biological Anthropology","volume":"185 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141591596","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Cover & Editorial Board 封面与编辑委员会
IF 1.7 2区 生物学
American Journal of Biological Anthropology Pub Date : 2024-07-09 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.24775
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Issue Information – Table of Contents 发行信息 - 目录
IF 1.7 2区 生物学
American Journal of Biological Anthropology Pub Date : 2024-07-09 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.24776
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