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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"Anthropology, Physical."”.
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Ethnogenesis and genetic identity among the Taita and Mijikenda of Kenya: A mitochondrial DNA case study.
Ethnogenesis and genetic identity among the Taita and Mijikenda of Kenya: A mitochondrial DNA case study.
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The Evolution of the Glenoid Region in the Hominidae: Implications for Hominid Phylogenetics
Australopithecines exhibit more interspecific variation in glenoid region morphology than Homo. Chimpanzees and the earliest hominid taxa exhibit similar glenoid region morphologies and are readily distinguishable from later australopithecines and Homo. The Ardipithecus and Australopithecus …
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Functional Information in Individual Anterior Tarsal Bones of Anthropoids
The five anterior tarsals of the foot--navicular, cuboid, first, second, and third cuneiforms--are promising candidates for good fossil preservation because of their compact shape and density, but are frequently unassociated with the more commonly preserved teeth and mandibular fragments. To be of …
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Molar Wear Patterns in Macaca Fascicularis, Presbytis Cristatus and Presbytis Rubicunda: A Photogrammetric Analysis
Investigations into the relationship between molar form and function provided the theoretical basis for this investigation. The basic thesis can be summarized as follows: given that molar form is important in food-processing, and given that molar form changes with wear, animals with different diets …
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Genetic, Anthropometric, and Blood Pressure Variability in a Southern, Rural, Black Population (Mississippi, Body Mass Index)
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1986.
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A Multivariate Morphometric Study of Cranio-Vertebral Shape Changes in Man and Various Nonhuman Primates
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-14T05:35:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7726740.pdf: 12018105 bytes, checksum: a63c9b590ef71e0c9a4d92c1d2a06621 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1977
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Comparative population genetics of the Hominoidea: An investigation of locus-specific and genome-wide influences
One of the central questions in population genetics is how different forces of evolution influence patterns of genetic variation within and between species. Locus-specific forces of natural selection, like selective sweeps and background selection, are expected to influence only the target of …
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Taphonomic and Faunal Parameters From Pleistocene Hominid Site Assemblages in China
China possesses numerous hominid bearing sites spanning the Pleistocene. As such, China provides an excellent opportunity to examine hominid adaptations to extra-African environments. Understanding the context of Chinese hominid finds has taken on a special importance in view of the current …
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Nutritional consequences of prehistoric subsistence strategies in lower Central America
This thesis presents new data on subsistence strategies and examines patterns of nutritional status of prehistoric populations that inhabited tropical coastal environments in lower Central America during the period from 5000 B.C. to A.D. 1550. The subsistence bases of archaeological populations are …
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Origins and biological affinities of the modern Thai population: An osteological perspective
"The work focuses on the assessment of population affinities based on craniofacial skeletal data. The main objective is to test the ""immigrant"" and ""endogenous"" hypotheses for the origin of the modern Thai. The former proposes that the ancestors of the modern Thai migrated from China during the …
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Postcontact Native American health and adaptation: Assessing the impact of introduced diseases in sixteenth century Gulf Coast Florida
This dissertation focuses on the introduction of new infectious diseases into the New World as European exploration and colonization escalated during the sixteenth-century. The evidence from human skeletal remains and mortuary sites is presented as particularly suitable for enhancing ethnohistoric …
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The effects of alcohol and drug abuse on the sternal end of the fourth rib
Estimation of skeletal age at death is based on the premise that osseous tissue undergoes predictable and patterned changes through the life of the individual that can be quantified and accurately correlated with skeletal age. The utility of any method of estimating skeletal age at death is …
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A taphonomic investigation of aquatic reptiles (Crocodylus, Trionyx, and Pelusios) at Lake Turkana, Kenya: Significance for early hominid ecology at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
Crocodile and turtles are well represented at a number of the Olduvai archaeological sites, although the nature of their association with the lithic artifacts and the other faunal materials has never been investigated using taphonomic methodology. This thesis presents the results of an …
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Tailoring Perovskite- and Fluorite-Type Oxides for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs)
A solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) is a high temperature solid state energy conversion device that directly converts the chemical energy of fuels into electrical energy at high efficiency. The objective of thesis is to develop and tune fluorite- and perovskite-type metal oxides that serve as alternate …
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Longitudinal study of pubertal peak height velocity and related morphological and functional components in Brazilian children
… skf), bone diameters and two circumferences, and physical fitness performance tests: vertical jump (VJ), vertical jump with (VJW) standing long jump (SBJ), hand grip strength (HG), shuttle-run (SR), and 50-meter run. The mean chronological age of the boys on the first measurement was 10.91 years …
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Effects of a Riverine Dispersal Barrier on Cultural Similarity in Wild Bornean Orangutans (Pongo Pygmaeus Wurmbii)
<p>The study of culture in wild animals has received wide theoretical and empirical attention, providing preliminary evidence of at least rudimentary culture across a broad range of taxa. However, the majority of previous studies of animal cultural behavior have focused on demonstrating the …
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Under the Empire’s Eye: The Psychosocial Stress of Chimú Human Sacrifice (1100–1450 CE)
For centuries, the Chimú Empire (1100–1470 CE) ruled Peru’s North Coast, consolidating power through conquest, ideology, and spectacular rituals of human and animal sacrifice. Excavations at the coastal sites of Pampa La Cruz (PLC) and Huanchaquito Las Llamas (HLL) have uncovered the largest known …
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The impact of variation in the progesterone receptor gene, life history and lifestyle on endometrial function and the menstrual cycle
… reproductive variation within the subfield of Physical Anthropology known as Human Reproductive Ecology is dominated by energetic models for fecundity that disregard genetic variation as a potential cause of differences in reproduction. Further, a strong correlation between ovarian and uterine …
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Evolutionary Relationship between Life History and Brain Growth in Anthropoid Primates
<p>The pace of life history is highly variable across mammals, and several evolutionary biologists have theorized that the tempo of a species' life history is set by external factors. These factors, such as food availability and predation pressure, determine mortality rates. In turn, mortality rate …
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Navigating the Invisible: Elite Athletes’ Experience of Sports-Related Concussions
Sports-related concussions and their impact on athletes have been recognized as a pressing concern, as their hidden severity is often underestimated. Despite extensive research on the neurocognitive impact of sports-related concussions, little has been done in terms of understanding athletes’ …
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