{"title":"Longitudinal analysis of adolescent growth of foot length and stature of children living in Ogi area of Japan: a 12 years data.","authors":"K. M. Liu, K. Shinoda, T. Akiyoshi, H. Watanabe","doi":"10.11501/3154861","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11501/3154861","url":null,"abstract":"Adolescent growth of foot length (FL) and stature were investigated in a sample of 586 children living in the Ogi area of Saga Prefecture Japan, who were traced longitudinally from 6.5 to 17.5 years of age. FL growth and its relationship to height were analyzed using the JPA2 model and the Optimal Kernel Method to fit the serial data of stature and FL. The results demonstrated that there was clear peak growth velocity (PGV) during the adolescent growth period of FL for most of the children; before 11.5 years of age there was no essential difference in mean foot length between girls and boys; the completion of FL growth was on average two years earlier than that of stature and two and a half years after the appearance of the peak height velocity (PHV); girls completed the FL growth two years earlier than boys; the longer the growth period for FL or the larger the value of FL at an early age the bigger the adult foot length; the foot grew in synchrony with the body as a whole.","PeriodicalId":76854,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Morphologie und Anthropologie","volume":"1 1","pages":"87-101"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79865664","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Body height, body mass and surface area of the Neanderthals.","authors":"H Helmuth","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Body size, expressed as height or stature, is an important determinant of many other biological variables. Thus, it is surprising that many textbooks portray a wrong picture of Neanderthal height as being \"very short\" or \"just over 5 feet\". Based on 45 long bones from maximally 14 males and 7 females, Neanderthals' height averages between 164 and 168 (males) resp. 152 to 156 cm (females). This height is indeed 12-14 cm lower than the height of post-WWII Europeans, but compared to Europeans some 20,000 or 100 years ago, it is practically identical or even slightly higher. Considering the body build of Neanderthals, new body weight estimates show that they are only slightly above the cm/weight or the Body Mass Index of modern Americans or Canadians. The calculation of the relative surface area (approximately 240-244 cm2/kg) is very low and supports earlier findings of a morphological and anatomical thermoregulatory adaptation to a cold climate in the Neanderthals.</p>","PeriodicalId":76854,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Morphologie und Anthropologie","volume":"82 1","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20760326","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Facial reconstructions on the Vörs-Papkert B Cemetery series.","authors":"A Kustár","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Seven skulls from the Vörs-Papkert B Cemetery were analysed according to the facial reconstruction method of KOLLMANN and GERASIMOV. The degree of expression of sex, metric data of the skull, morphological characteristics of the skull and characteristics of the reconstructed face are presented for each of the skulls.</p>","PeriodicalId":76854,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Morphologie und Anthropologie","volume":"82 1","pages":"13-45"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20760327","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Formation of morphological traits of the quadriceps femoris muscle (QFM) before and after birth. Part IV. Vastus intermedius muscle (VIM).","authors":"J Lewandowski","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76854,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Morphologie und Anthropologie","volume":"82 1","pages":"75-86"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20760263","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Patterns of faciodental sexual dimorphism in Hispanopithecus.","authors":"D W Cameron","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This paper examines patterns of sexual dimorphism within the Spanish hominid Hispanopithecus. The inclusion of this genus within the Hominidae suggests that extant male and female great ape sexually specific characters are appropriate features for determining the sex of these fossil hominids. It is shown that Hispanopithecus has a distinct sexually dimorphic pattern from that observed in the extant great apes. It is also demonstrated that H. laietanus and H. crusafonti each have a distinct sex pattern from each other. This result further supports the dual species hypothesis.</p>","PeriodicalId":76854,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Morphologie und Anthropologie","volume":"82 1","pages":"47-58"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20760328","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Longitudinal analysis of adolescent growth of foot length and stature of children living in Ogi area of Japan: a 12 years data.","authors":"K M Liu, K Shinoda, T Akiyoshi, H Watanabe","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Adolescent growth of foot length (FL) and stature were investigated in a sample of 586 children living in the Ogi area of Saga Prefecture Japan, who were traced longitudinally from 6.5 to 17.5 years of age. FL growth and its relationship to height were analyzed using the JPA2 model and the Optimal Kernel Method to fit the serial data of stature and FL. The results demonstrated that there was clear peak growth velocity (PGV) during the adolescent growth period of FL for most of the children; before 11.5 years of age there was no essential difference in mean foot length between girls and boys; the completion of FL growth was on average two years earlier than that of stature and two and a half years after the appearance of the peak height velocity (PHV); girls completed the FL growth two years earlier than boys; the longer the growth period for FL or the larger the value of FL at an early age the bigger the adult foot length; the foot grew in synchrony with the body as a whole.</p>","PeriodicalId":76854,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Morphologie und Anthropologie","volume":"82 1","pages":"87-101"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20760264","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
U Jaeger, K Zellner, K Kromeyer-Hauschild, L Finke, H Bruchhaus
{"title":"[Is head size modified by environmental factors?].","authors":"U Jaeger, K Zellner, K Kromeyer-Hauschild, L Finke, H Bruchhaus","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the article the development of skull measurements and head measurements (length and breadth) and of the cephalic index, calculated from these measurements, since the Neolithic period are presented. The results obtained from the historical material are compared with those of living persons. The measurements as well of the skull as of the head show secular changes. The following general trend was found: an increase of body height is connected with a debrachycephalisation and a decrease of body height is connected with a brachycephalisation. It can be emphasized that brachycephalisation/debrachycephalisation are part of the secular trend. Therefore environmental factors are responsible for the described changes of measurements of the skull and the head in a broadest sense.</p>","PeriodicalId":76854,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Morphologie und Anthropologie","volume":"82 1","pages":"59-66"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20760261","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Genetic structure of Rajaka caste and affinities with other caste populations of Andhra Pradesh, India.","authors":"C Parvatheesam, B V Babu, M C Babu","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The present study gives an account of the genetic structure in terms of distribution of a few genetic markers, viz., A1A2B0, Rh(D), G6PD deficiency and haemoglobin among the Rajaka caste population of Andhra Pradesh, India. The genetic relationships of the Rajaka caste with other Andhra caste populations were investigated in terms of genetic distance, i.e., Sq B (mn) of Balakrishnan and Sanghvi. Relatively lesser distance was established between the Rajaka and two Panchama castes. Also, the pattern of genetic distance corroborates the hierarchical order of the Hindu varna system.</p>","PeriodicalId":76854,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Morphologie und Anthropologie","volume":"81 3","pages":"365-71"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20355649","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Formation of morphological traits of the quadriceps femoris muscle (QFM) before and after birth. Part II. Vastus lateralis muscle (VLM). Part III. Vastus medialis muscle (VMM).","authors":"J Lewandowski","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76854,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Morphologie und Anthropologie","volume":"81 3","pages":"301-20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20356430","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Linear growth in weight, stature, sitting height and leg length, and body proportions of Aymara school-children living in an hypoxic environment at high altitude in Chile.","authors":"M Dittmar","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A cross-sectional growth study has been carried out in Aymara Indians who live in the rural community of Putre located in the Chilean Andes at an altitude of 3,530 m. The sample comprises 153 school-children (77 boys and 76 girls), aged 6 to 19 years, who were born and raised at high altitude, well-nourished and healthy. Their weight, stature and sitting height were measured. From these measurements, total leg length, body mass index (BMI), index of corpulence and cormic index were calculated. The results demonstrate that in the Putre Aymara children the adolescent growth spurt for weight, stature, sitting height and leg length occurs earlier in girls than in boys. There is a significant sex dimorphism beginning at 14 years of age and continuing to adulthood with higher means in males. The physique of the Aymara can be characterized by a large body mass relative to stature as shown by the body mass index. High mean values for the cormic index indicate that the Aymara children have relatively short legs. Compared to reference values of the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Aymara children of both sexes are shorter in stature and lighter in weight than US children at nearly all ages. These results are consistent with findings of other authors on Aymara samples from Chile, Bolivia and Peru. However, the Putre Aymara are heavier and taller than most comparative Aymara samples. While the observed inter-ethnic growth differences may be primarily due to differences in oxygen supply as a result of living at different altitudes, the intra-ethnic growth differences could more likely be attributed to dietary factors.</p>","PeriodicalId":76854,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Morphologie und Anthropologie","volume":"81 3","pages":"333-44"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20356434","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}