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Sex determination from fragmented human remains - hierarchy of the foramen magnum dimensions. 从破碎的人类遗骸中确定性别。枕骨大孔尺寸的等级。

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Homo-Journal of Comparative Human Biology Pub Date : 2020-02-13 DOI: 10.1127/homo/2019/1139

Agnieska Tomaszewska, D. Psonak, P. Maślińska, B. Kwiatkowska

{"title":"Sex determination from fragmented human remains - hierarchy of the foramen magnum dimensions.","authors":"Agnieska Tomaszewska, D. Psonak, P. Maślińska, B. Kwiatkowska","doi":"10.1127/homo/2019/1139","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1127/homo/2019/1139","url":null,"abstract":"Although the foramen magnum is often described in the context of sex determination, to date, it has not been studied in relation to the Polish population. Considering interpopulation variation of human skull dimensions and shapes, study of a Polish population is needed. The aim of this paper is to evaluate a hierarchy of selected measurements of the foramen magnum in terms of their usefulness for sex determination and provide reference data for Polish non-modern populations in order to propose an alternative method of sex determination for fragmented human remains. Adult skulls from skeletal collection from Poland (N = 101, males 46.5% and females 53.5%) were measured to derive statistical functions. The anteroposterior diameter, transverse diameter, and the circumference of the foramen magnum were found to be significantly larger in males. Mollison's index and discriminant function analysis were performed to derive models for estimation of sex from the foramen magnum measurements and the ± 1 SD ranges of the dimensions were calculated. Each of foramen magnum dimensions was able to predict sex in above 90% of crania. Due to some limitations of this study and the need of population-specific standards, it is recommend employing the foramen magnum in sex determination only in cases of fragmented human remains and when no other method can be applied. Further investigation of possible factors influencing the variability of the foramen magnum size and shape should be conducted in larger and geographically more diverse samples, and this could contribute to forensic, clinical, anatomical, and anthropological studies of this anatomical structure.","PeriodicalId":46714,"journal":{"name":"Homo-Journal of Comparative Human Biology","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2020-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80906062","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 5

In-situ clustering of mtDNA haplogroup M inferred from complete mitogenomes of two tribal populations of Southern India. 从印度南部两个部落种群的完整有丝分裂基因组推断的mtDNA单倍群M的原位聚类。

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Homo-Journal of Comparative Human Biology Pub Date : 2020-02-13 DOI: 10.1127/homo/2020/1144

Charles Sylvester, Mysore Siddaiah Krishna, Jaya Sankar Rao, Adimoolam Chandrasekar

引用次数: 0

Revisiting the age of the Florisbad hominin material. 重新审视佛罗里达古人类材料的年代。

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Homo-Journal of Comparative Human Biology Pub Date : 2020-01-30 DOI: 10.31730/osf.io/eqs7d

L. Berger, J. Hawks

{"title":"Revisiting the age of the Florisbad hominin material.","authors":"L. Berger, J. Hawks","doi":"10.31730/osf.io/eqs7d","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31730/osf.io/eqs7d","url":null,"abstract":"In 1996, Grün and coworkers provided an ESR age determination for a hominin molar from Florisbad, South Africa, at 259 ± 35 ka. The most anatomically informative hominin specimen from Florisbad is a fragmentary craniofacial specimen, attributed by many to early Homo sapiens, which has been assumed to derive from the same individual as this tooth. Since 1996, evidence about the evolutionary context for the later Middle Pleistocene and its associated hominins in Africa had markedly changed. If the Florisbad date is accurate and if the molar is associated with the craniofacial specimen, this evidence may suggest that Homo naledi coexisted in time and geography with H. sapiens in southern Africa. Thus, the accuracy for all dates needs critical investigation. This study examines the published record of excavation and subsequent analyses for the Florisbad material. We find that the contemporary records raise doubt about the contemporaneity of the tooth and calvaria. The site's complex stratigraphy and the details about the tooth's discovery also pose challenges for the previous ESR age estimate. Because the fragmentary cranial specimen has value for morphological comparisons, developing additional means of understanding its geological age is necessary. The current data do not demonstrate the presence of H. sapiens in southern Africa at ~260 ka.","PeriodicalId":46714,"journal":{"name":"Homo-Journal of Comparative Human Biology","volume":"399 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2020-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76692141","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 6

The position of Neandertal and Homo erectus within the hominid clade based on craniodental morphology and whole mtDNA genomes. 基于颅齿形态和全mtDNA基因组的尼安德特人和直立人在人科分支中的位置。

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Homo-Journal of Comparative Human Biology Pub Date : 2019-11-29 DOI: 10.1127/homo/2019/1119

A. Abdelhady, Asharf M T Elewa, Moustafa H. El-Dawy

{"title":"The position of Neandertal and Homo erectus within the hominid clade based on craniodental morphology and whole mtDNA genomes.","authors":"A. Abdelhady, Asharf M T Elewa, Moustafa H. El-Dawy","doi":"10.1127/homo/2019/1119","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1127/homo/2019/1119","url":null,"abstract":"To evaluate the taxonomic position of the Neandertal and Homo erectus within the hominid clade, the variation among and within the hominid taxa was assessed based on the craniodental morphology and integrated with molecular analyses of the whole mtDNA genomes. Ordination and clustering of the Procrustes craniodental landmarks have showed a notable shape transformation from the earliest hominid species to the modern humans. Although levels of distinction between the analyzed taxa (Homo, Pan, Gorilla, and Pongo) are generally corresponding to probable expectations based on their taxonomic rank, few exceptions were found. Notably, the craniodental morphology of Homo erectus showed a greater dissimilarity to other Homo species, where it consistently overlapped or grouped with Pan species on all ordination plots and clustering. In addition, the direct link between European humans and Neandertals, which is well-characterized on all of the phylogenetic trees based on maximum parsimony and maximum likelihood methods, was not outlined in the morphologic-based clustering. Both morphological and molecular distances between Neandertal and modern humans were consistently greater than the distances among modern humans, however, the distances are still smaller than those between any two distinct species (so they are subspecies). The topology of the phylogenetic trees based on the whole mtDNA has shown a minor discrepancy with the results obtained from the craniodental morphologies.","PeriodicalId":46714,"journal":{"name":"Homo-Journal of Comparative Human Biology","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2019-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82255592","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 1

Human cranium of Candonga Cave site and its implications for the initial peopling of South America. 坎东加洞穴遗址的人类头盖骨及其对南美洲最初人类的意义。

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Homo-Journal of Comparative Human Biology Pub Date : 2019-11-29 DOI: 10.1127/homo/2019/1118

Diego E. Rivero, S. Cornero, Gabriela Truyol, W. Neves

引用次数: 3

Familial factors more importantly modify the age of achieving motor developmental milestones than duration of breastfeeding amongst Polish children. 家庭因素对波兰儿童达到运动发育里程碑的年龄的影响比母乳喂养时间更重要。

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Homo-Journal of Comparative Human Biology Pub Date : 2019-11-29 DOI: 10.1127/homo/2019/1121

Paulina Pruszkowska-Przybylska, I. Rosset, A. Sitek, E. Żądzińska

{"title":"Familial factors more importantly modify the age of achieving motor developmental milestones than duration of breastfeeding amongst Polish children.","authors":"Paulina Pruszkowska-Przybylska, I. Rosset, A. Sitek, E. Żądzińska","doi":"10.1127/homo/2019/1121","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1127/homo/2019/1121","url":null,"abstract":"Breastfeeding in the first year of life is an important factor that may modify the child's later development.The aim of this study was to examine the association between the duration of breastfeeding and the time of achieving motor development of Polish children taking into account their familial background. The study material comprised 460 individuals including 252 boys and 208 girls aged 9 to 56 months who were born at term (37-42 weeks) selected in years 1993-1997. The investigated dependent variables were: first attempts of sitting, standing and walking (months). The independent variables were divided into: explanatory variable - the duration of breastfeeding, and other covariates - birth weight, the paternal and maternal age at the time of childbirth, maternal tobacco smoking during and after pregnancy as well as the parental level of education. The results of regression models after removing the prenatal and familial factors did not indicate a significant relationship between the duration of breastfeeding and sitting up (F = 0.03, p = 0.8569), standing up (F = 0.79, p = 0.3741) and walking variability (F = 0.20, p = 0.6568) in studied group of children. The results showed that parental age and education may affect the offspring's gross motor development, though effect sizes are small and directions of influence vary between fathers and mothers. The study underlines the importance of familial factors over the breastfeeding duration impact on time of developmental milestones.","PeriodicalId":46714,"journal":{"name":"Homo-Journal of Comparative Human Biology","volume":"46 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2019-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87760651","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Using nutrient foramina to differentiate human from non-human long bone fragments in bioarchaeology and forensic anthropology. 利用营养孔在生物考古学和法医人类学中区分人类和非人类长骨碎片。

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Homo-Journal of Comparative Human Biology Pub Date : 2019-11-29 DOI: 10.1127/homo/2019/1113

B. Corrieri, N. Márquez-Grant

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引用次数: 6

The weight of an external breast prosthesis as a factor for body balance in women who have undergone mastectomy. 乳房切除术后乳房外假体的重量对身体平衡的影响。

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Homo-Journal of Comparative Human Biology Pub Date : 2019-11-29 DOI: 10.1127/homo/2019/1114

F. Manikowska, Owidia Ozga-Majchrzak, K. Hojan

{"title":"The weight of an external breast prosthesis as a factor for body balance in women who have undergone mastectomy.","authors":"F. Manikowska, Owidia Ozga-Majchrzak, K. Hojan","doi":"10.1127/homo/2019/1114","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1127/homo/2019/1114","url":null,"abstract":"It has been shown that women who have undergone mastectomy (BG) demonstrated greater postural changes than women after breast reconstruction. In this study we wanted to verify if unilateral mastectomy affected body weight distribution and balance in a standing position and if the weight of an external breast prosthesis (EBP) influenced those variables and might provide some insight into the current post-mastectomy care. In our study BG completed the data acquisition protocol in 4 variants: 3 trials without EBP (group A), and the next 9 trials with 3 different weights of EBP. Group B - wearing a prosthesis weighing 10 grams; Group C - wearing a prosthesis weighing 50% of the total breast mass; Group D - wearing a prosthesis of equal weight to the operated breast. Each control group subject (CG) completed 3 consecutive trials. Instrumental assessment of body balance was conducted using FDM pressure distribution measurement platforms. This is a quantitative baropedometric tool which allowed for measuring forces exerted on the support surface in a standing position. Ellipse width, length, area and the center of feet pressure (CoP) path did not differ significantly between the measurements performed in different groups. Group D was closest to CG in terms of the width and length of the ellipse. Group C, on the other hand, was most similar to CG with respect to the other study variables. The study results suggest that women after mastectomy do not differ from the healthy subjects neither with regard to CoP features nor in terms of weight distribution on the supporting surface.","PeriodicalId":46714,"journal":{"name":"Homo-Journal of Comparative Human Biology","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2019-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73185913","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 5

Asterion localization - variability of the location for surgical and anthropological relevance. Asterion定位-外科和人类学相关的位置可变性。

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Homo-Journal of Comparative Human Biology Pub Date : 2019-11-29 DOI: 10.1127/homo/2019/1124

A. Tomaszewska, Agata Bisiecka, Ł. Pawelec

{"title":"Asterion localization - variability of the location for surgical and anthropological relevance.","authors":"A. Tomaszewska, Agata Bisiecka, Ł. Pawelec","doi":"10.1127/homo/2019/1124","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1127/homo/2019/1124","url":null,"abstract":"This work aimed to study the variability in location of the asterion in a Polish population, which may be important for both surgical and anthropological procedures. In surgical approaches to the posterior cranial fossa, the asterion is of great importance as a reference landmark. Its accurate localization may be impeded by the presence of additional, irregular sutural bones. Dry adult human skulls (n = 113, 60.2% male and 39.8% female) were analyzed for asterion location in relation to the reference points (mastoidale, bregma, porion, inion, lambda, opisthion). The asterion exhibits wide variation in location. The range of ± 2 SD of measured distances demonstrated broad variation intra and interindividually (15.9-27.8 mm for male skulls and 13.1-24.6 mm for female skulls). Distances from the asterion to the reference landmarks were longer for males compared to females (p < 0.05), and some distances were longer for people of lower socioeconomic status. Because of its lesser variation, measurements to three reference landmarks (mastoidale, bregma and frontotemporale) may be particularly important for surgical purposes. Defining accurately the safe area for asterion is important but problematic. Because of the complex relations between bony landmarks, preoperative imaging assistance is required, and the asterion should only be used as auxiliary, not as a key superficial cranial landmark in surgical interventions.","PeriodicalId":46714,"journal":{"name":"Homo-Journal of Comparative Human Biology","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2019-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72515777","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 2

Evolutionary medicine perspective on coping style and health outcomes: an exploratory study. 进化医学视角下应对方式与健康结果的探索性研究。

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Homo-Journal of Comparative Human Biology Pub Date : 2019-11-29 DOI: 10.1127/homo/2019/1094

Ivana Hromatko, M. Tadinac, N. Jokić-begić, Anita Lauri-Korajlija, L. Kotrulja

{"title":"Evolutionary medicine perspective on coping style and health outcomes: an exploratory study.","authors":"Ivana Hromatko, M. Tadinac, N. Jokić-begić, Anita Lauri-Korajlija, L. Kotrulja","doi":"10.1127/homo/2019/1094","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1127/homo/2019/1094","url":null,"abstract":"One of the issues within the framework of Darwinian medicine is why individuals develop the specific disease they do. Ethologists have long known that within any given population, there are organisms with the tendency towards higher (Hawks) or lower (Doves) aggressiveness, and since the physiological responses to stressful events are different in Hawks and Doves, it has been suggested that these strategies might be related to health outcomes. The aims of this exploratory study were to determine whether an analogues of Hawks and Doves as basic coping strategies could be defined among chronically ill patients and healthy controls and whether the proportion of Hawks and Doves differs among different groups of patients. Patients from several clinical departments (dermatology, gastroenterology and psychiatry) and a comparable group of healthy participants were recruited (N = 288). Based on their coping style and anxiety trait, they were categorized as either Hawks (low anxiety trait and problem-oriented coping style) or Doves (high anxiety trait and avoidant coping style). We found a significantly larger proportion of Hawks among patients with gastroenterological and dermatologic symptoms, and significantly more Doves among psychiatric patients. The proportion of Hawks and Doves in healthy controls was close to 50:50. This is in accordance with the notion that Hawks and Doves have different allostatic load management, and that the onset of certain diseases might be related to these strategies. However, prospective longitudinal studies are necessary to reach definite conclusions regarding the susceptibility to certain diseases among people with different stress-related behavioral and emotional strategies.","PeriodicalId":46714,"journal":{"name":"Homo-Journal of Comparative Human Biology","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2019-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80891450","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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