{"title":"Persistence of Deciduous Tooth and Lack of Lateral Incisor in a Human Skeletal Remain of the Edo Period","authors":"N. Shigehara, M. Serisawa, Hideo Takahashi","doi":"10.1537/ASE1911.99.477","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1537/ASE1911.99.477","url":null,"abstract":"Few reports has been published on the anomaly of the ancient Japanese. We recently examined human skeletal remains of the middle Edo period. The skeletons were excavated from the Nakanouchi site, Ogawa Town, Tochigi Prefecture. One of the skeletons (young adult female) showed persistence of deciduous tooth. The skeleton showed slight alveolar prognathism. Bilateral upper third molars and the lower right third molar were missing congenitally. In the upper jaw, the right second permanent incisor was absent, and a permanent canine was found in its place. A deciduous canine remained in the place where a permanent canine should have erupted. The upper left second permanent incisor was peg-shaped and protruded lingually. In the present case, the persistence of deciduous canine is attributable to the lack of the permanent lateral incisor. Further studies on the congenital tooth anomalies of the ancient human skeletal remains may help to clarify the chronological changes of the masticatory apparatus.","PeriodicalId":84964,"journal":{"name":"Jinruigaku zasshi = The Journal of the Anthropological Society of Nihon","volume":"99 1","pages":"477-482"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67047230","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 Composition and Lean Body Mass Index for Japanese College Students","authors":"K. Hattori","doi":"10.1537/ASE1911.99.141","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1537/ASE1911.99.141","url":null,"abstract":"Lean body mass (LBM) and fat mass (FM) are two major components of body composition and when totalled equal body mass. Body mass index (BMI) as represented by weight/height2, has proven to be both a simple and valid way of assessing body composition. However, the significance of the index is not clear since body weight is composed of two main components: LBM and FM, each of whose densities show distinct differences.In order to present the body constitution as clear quantitative measures, the lean body mass index (LBMI; LBM/height2), fat mass index (FMI; FM/height2) and a chart system (body composition chart) are introduced in this study. Through this chart system, we can detect the relative amount of the two major body constructs and differentiate subjects into adipo-muscular, lean-muscular, adipo-atrophy and lean-atrophy types.","PeriodicalId":84964,"journal":{"name":"Jinruigaku zasshi = The Journal of the Anthropological Society of Nihon","volume":"99 1","pages":"141-148"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1537/ASE1911.99.141","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67046724","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":"Molecular Phylogeny and Man's Place in Hominoidea","authors":"M. Hasegawa","doi":"10.1537/ASE1911.99.49","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1537/ASE1911.99.49","url":null,"abstract":"Branching order among man, chimpanzee and gorilla was inferred with orangutan as an outgroup from the data of the 28S rRNA gene and of the ribosomal internal transcribed spacer recently sequenced by GONZALEZ et al. (1990). The analysis was performed by the maximum likelihood method without assuming constancy of the evolutionary rate. It was strongly suggested that chimpanzee is the closest relative of man, consistently with GONZALEZ et al.'s analysis. After establishing the branching order, the extent of rate variation among lineages was evaluated, and the branching dates were estimated for the ribosomal internal transcribed spacer by taking into account a possible rate variation. The overall evidence from the DNA sequence data accumulated up to date suggests that man separated from chimpanzee some 4-5 million years ago.","PeriodicalId":84964,"journal":{"name":"Jinruigaku zasshi = The Journal of the Anthropological Society of Nihon","volume":"71 1","pages":"49-61"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67047067","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 Polymorphism of Alcohol Metabolyzing Enzymes and Its Implication to Human Ecology","authors":"S. Harada","doi":"10.1537/ASE1911.99.123","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1537/ASE1911.99.123","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Individual and racial differences in alcohol metabolism and their implications in acute and chronic intoxication of alcohol intake were reviewed in the relationships of genetic polymorphism of alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) and aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH). The recent studies revealed that the catalytic deficiency of ALDH2 isozyme is responsible to the flushing symptom as well as other vasomotor symptoms caused by a higher acetaldehyde level after alcohol consumption. Subsequently the deficiency of ALDH2 has been prevalently found among only the peoples of Mongoloid origin and the individuals deficient in ALDH2 refrain from excessive drinking of alcohol due to averse reaction leading to protection against alcoholism. Moreover, many studies based on DNA analysis have confirmed these findings. As ALDH2 polymorphism was found only in Mongoloid, population studies on the ALDH2 mutant will provide the important information to estimate the dispersal of the ethnic groups in Asia and Oceania and also to prevent alcohol abuse in the developing countries.","PeriodicalId":84964,"journal":{"name":"Jinruigaku zasshi = The Journal of the Anthropological Society of Nihon","volume":"99 1","pages":"123-139"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1537/ASE1911.99.123","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67046716","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":"The Bushman Maxillary Canine of the Chewa Tribe in East-Central Africa","authors":"M. Sakuma, J. Irish, D. Morris","doi":"10.1537/ASE1911.99.411","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1537/ASE1911.99.411","url":null,"abstract":"The expression of the Bushman Canine dental trait among the Chewa tribe of East-Central Africa is described and compared with that of other African populations. Dental hard stone casts were obtained from 82 males and 76 females, and the trait was scored using the Arizona State University dental plaque system. No significant sexual dimorphism in the occurrence of the trait was found according to the chi-square test. The frequency of the Bushman Canine in the Chewa is markedly lower than that in a sample of San (Bushman) from Botswana. This helps support the view that the San represent either an ancestral or perhaps a different stock of people in comparison to other sub-Saharan Africans. When comparing the Chewa with a Central Sotho sample from South Africa, it appears that a gradient of the trait's frequency exists with decreasing expression from south to north. This gradient is probably caused by admixture between San and other peoples (mainly Bantuspeakers) who may not have originally possessed the trait. These findings agree with the so-called \"Bantu-expansion\" model proposed by several workers.","PeriodicalId":84964,"journal":{"name":"Jinruigaku zasshi = The Journal of the Anthropological Society of Nihon","volume":"99 1","pages":"411-417"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1537/ASE1911.99.411","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67046634","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":"Cluster Analysis on Body Size of Children Aged 7 of 27 Chinese Minority Nations","authors":"C. Ji, S. Ohsawa","doi":"10.1537/ASE1911.99.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1537/ASE1911.99.11","url":null,"abstract":"By using PCA-Q mode cluster analysis, the morphological differences and similarities among Chinese minority nations were studied. The data was drawn from 2,473 boys and 2,356 girls aged 7 who came from 27 Chinese minority nations and participated in the \"National Survey on Students Constitution and Health\". Their body sizes were reflected by six physical measures. At first, the values of these measures were normalized into principal component scores. Then clustering was done among various nations according to the distances determined by their component scores. The clusters thus formed showed significant differences among themselves, which meant that wide variations really existed within the Chinese minority nations. The geographic, socio-economic and other possible factors responsible for those variations were investigated. Some interfering methods and strategies for improving the delayed growth status of children in some minority nations were also suggested by the authors.","PeriodicalId":84964,"journal":{"name":"Jinruigaku zasshi = The Journal of the Anthropological Society of Nihon","volume":"823 1","pages":"11-22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67046709","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":"Osteometrical Study of Genetic and Environmental Influences on the Shape of the Human Skeleton: I. Intra-familiar Resemblances in the Skeletal Morphology of the KANASEKI-Family and Other Familial Series","authors":"N. Doi","doi":"10.1537/ASE1911.99.437","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1537/ASE1911.99.437","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":84964,"journal":{"name":"Jinruigaku zasshi = The Journal of the Anthropological Society of Nihon","volume":"99 1","pages":"437-462"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67047465","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":"Relative Variability in Body Dimensions of Punjabi Infants Longitudinally Examined during the First Year of Life","authors":"A. Bhalla, B. Walia","doi":"10.1537/ASE1911.99.155","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1537/ASE1911.99.155","url":null,"abstract":"Serial data depicting relative variability of sixteen (nine absolute and seven generated) body dimensions of 154 Punjabi infants from Chandigarh, India are presented. Coefficients of variation (CV) were computed for the body measurements at monthly age intervals so as to compare age to age variability encountered in different body dimensions during infancy. Summary coefficients were used for assessment of the magnitude of variability between different measurements. Comparison of data at different age periods showed least variability in values of head circumference in contrast to other body dimensions. Relatively higher values for variability were recorded for skinfold thicknesses. Log transformed skinfold measurements showed lower degree of variability in contrast to same untransformed measurements.","PeriodicalId":84964,"journal":{"name":"Jinruigaku zasshi = The Journal of the Anthropological Society of Nihon","volume":"99 1","pages":"155-161"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67046771","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":"Développement de la latéralité examinée à partir de l'analyse de la pierre taillée du Paléolithique","authors":"Toshiki Takeoka","doi":"10.1537/ASE1911.99.497","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1537/ASE1911.99.497","url":null,"abstract":"Origine de la lateralite a partir de l'observation des pierres taillees. Fabrication de la pierre taillee et mouvement des mains. Evolution de la pensee de l'homme parallelement au developpement de la pierre taillee","PeriodicalId":84964,"journal":{"name":"Jinruigaku zasshi = The Journal of the Anthropological Society of Nihon","volume":"99 1","pages":"497-516"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67047168","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":"Genealogical Position of Native Taiwanese (Bunun Tribe) in East Asian Populations Based on Tooth Crown Morphology","authors":"Y. Manabe, A. Rokutanda, Y. Kitagawa, J. Oyamada","doi":"10.1537/ASE1911.99.33","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1537/ASE1911.99.33","url":null,"abstract":"The 17 tooth crown traits of the Bunun, one of the aboriginal tribes in Taiwan, were observed and classified, and their frequencies were compared with Sinodonts and Sundadonts defined and classified in East Asian populations by TURNER (1987), in order to estimate the genealogical position of the Bunun tribe in East Asia. In the respective comparisons of the 17 traits, the Bunun have considerable resemblance to Sinodonts on shoveling (UI1), double shoveling (UIl) and deflecting wrinkle (LM 1), while on tuberculum dentale (UI2), cusp 5 (UM1) and 4-cusp (LM2), they have considerable resemblance to Sundadonts. Furthermore, cluster analysis and principal co-ordinate analysis based on SMITH's MMDs among the Bunun and other East Asian populations, using all the observed traits, revealed that the Bunun are similar to the Yami (Taiwan aborigine), the North ChinaMongolian and the South Chinese in East Asia, and belong to, if anything, the Sinodonty cluster. Considering the above results and the estimated distribution of Sinodonty and Sundadonty in the past and the present, it cannot be reasoned that Taiwan aborigines had Sinodont characteristics since their ancestors reached Taiwan, but that Sinodontification by Chinese mainlanders has been superimposed on to the native Sundadonty who seem to have come up from the south to Taiwan. The beginning of Sinodontification in Taiwan may have been earlier than in Japan.","PeriodicalId":84964,"journal":{"name":"Jinruigaku zasshi = The Journal of the Anthropological Society of Nihon","volume":"102 1","pages":"33-47"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67046591","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}