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Diagnostic value of high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography (HR-pQCT) in the qualitative assessment of cribra orbitalia – a preliminary study
Publication date: Available online 26 November 2014 Source:HOMO - Journal of Comparative Human Biology Author(s): P. Saint-Martin , F. Dedouit , C. Rérolle , C. Guilbeau-Frugier , H. Dabernat , D. Rougé , N. Telmon , E. Crubézy Cribra orbitalia are a porotic or sieve-like lesions in the bony orbital roof. This characteristic has frequently been detected in palaeopathological skulls from many parts of the world and has been the object of extensive research. Our objective was to determine if high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography (HR-pQCT) could produce reliable information in the study o...
Source: HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology - November 27, 2014 Category: Biology Source Type: research

Childhood bone tuberculosis from Roman Pécs, Hungary
This study discusses a number of selected diagnoses in the context of our pathological findings, complementing the macroscopic examination with radiological and biomolecular analyses. (Source: HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology)
Source: HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology - November 22, 2014 Category: Biology Source Type: research

Collective secondary cremation in a pit grave: a unique funerary context in Portuguese Chalcolithic burial practices
Publication date: Available online 20 November 2014 Source:HOMO - Journal of Comparative Human Biology Author(s): A.M. Silva , I. Leandro , D. Pereira , C.Costa , A.C. Valera Perdigões is a large site with a set of ditched enclosures located at Reguengos de Monsaraz, Alentejo, South Portugal. Recently at the central area of this site burnt human remains were found in a pit (#16). This structure had inside human remains, animal bones (namely pig, sheep or goat, cattle, dog, deer and rabbit), shards, ivory idols and arrowheads. All have been subjected to fire and later deposited in that pit, resulting in a secondary...
Source: HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology - November 21, 2014 Category: Biology Source Type: research

Evaluation of discriminant functions for sexing skulls from visually assessed traits applied in the Rainer Osteological Collection (Bucharest, Romania)
Publication date: Available online 13 October 2014 Source:HOMO - Journal of Comparative Human Biology Author(s): A. Soficaru , M. Constantinescu , M. Culea , C. Ionică The sexing of human skeletal remains based on visual scoring of descriptive traits on the skull is useful for both forensic and bioarchaeological studies, given that many such features preserve well in the field and can be assessed quickly. The goal of our work is to evaluate the accuracy of this method on an age-balanced, known sex, random sample of 360 modern adult crania in the Rainer Osteological Collection. Consistent with Walker (2008), we sco...
Source: HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology - November 16, 2014 Category: Biology Source Type: research

Supernumerary fourth molar and dental pathologies in a Chalcolithic individual from the El Mirador Cave site (Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain)
We present a middle-aged Chalcolithic male with a supernumerary distomolar in the mandible. The prevalence of supernumerary teeth in present-day populations is low, ranging from 0.1% to 3.4%; most supernumerary teeth are documented in the anterior and molar regions of the maxilla in present populations. However, the prevalence of supernumerary molars in past populations is still unknown. Moreover, a complete pathological study has been done of this individual. Maxilla, mandible and teeth have been analyzed searching for dental pathologies. A cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) analysis of mandibular and maxillary fragment...
Source: HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology - November 16, 2014 Category: Biology Source Type: research

The morphological diversity of dermatoglyphic patterns on fingers – a simple and objective method for measurement
Publication date: Available online 22 October 2014 Source:HOMO - Journal of Comparative Human Biology Author(s): Wiesław Buchwald The paper contains a proposal for a simple way of measuring the morphological diversity of patterns on fingers. The mono/polymorphism index (Imp) is the sum of 45 mutual absolute differences between the numerical values of the patterns depending on their degree of morphological complexity. Wendt's 7-degree scale was used to quantify the patterns. The value Imp =0 denotes monomorphism, i.e., the presence of the same type of pattern on all the fingers of both hands, while high values denote ...
Source: HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology - November 16, 2014 Category: Biology Source Type: research

Body mass index and body adiposity index in relation to percent body fat: A study in adult men of three endogamous groups of South Bengal
Publication date: Available online 23 October 2014 Source:HOMO - Journal of Comparative Human Biology Author(s): Sudip Datta Banik , Subal Das Body adiposity index (BAI), based on height and hip circumference data from Mexican-Americans and African-Americans established its relation to body fat (BF). The aim of our study was to compare body mass index (BMI) and BAI in relation to BF%. Participants were adult men of three endogamous social groups (Brahmin, Muslim and Namasudra) in a village of South 24 Parganas district in West Bengal, India. Height, weight and hip circumference of 952 individuals (370 Brahmins, 307 M...
Source: HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology - November 16, 2014 Category: Biology Source Type: research

Admixture and genetic relationships of Mexican Mestizos regarding Latin American and Caribbean populations based on 13 CODIS-STRs
We report allele frequencies and statistical parameters of forensic interest (PD, PE, Het, PIC, typical PI), for 15 STRs in Tijuana, Baja California. This Mexican border city was peculiar by the increase of African ancestry, and by presenting three STRs in Hardy-Weinberg disequilibrium, probably explained by recurrent gene flow. The Amerindian ancestry in Central and Southeast of Mexico was the greatest in Latin America (50.9%-68.6%), only comparable with the North of Central America and Ecuador (48.8%-56.4%), whereas the European ancestry was prevalent in South America (66.7%-75%). The African ancestry in Mexico was the s...
Source: HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology - November 16, 2014 Category: Biology Source Type: research

Early urbanization and mobility at Tell Brak, NE Syria: The evidence from femoral and tibial external shaft shape
Publication date: Available online 15 November 2014 Source:HOMO - Journal of Comparative Human Biology Author(s): Arkadiusz Sołtysiak Urbanization at Tell Brak began in the late 5th millennium BCE and the site reached its maximum size in the Late Chalcolithic (LC) 3, c. 3900-3600 BCE. During that time a large midden was formed at the edge of the early city, now known as Tell Majnuna. Rescue excavations at Tell Majnuna revealed several clusters of commingled human remains and a cemetery on the top. Several human skeletons dated to the LC 3 and Early Bronze Age (EBA) were found also at Tell Brak itself and it was possi...
Source: HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology - November 16, 2014 Category: Biology Source Type: research

The Obłazowa 1 early modern human pollical phalanx and Late Pleistocene distal thumb proportions
Publication date: February 2014 Source:HOMO - Journal of Comparative Human Biology, Volume 65, Issue 1 Author(s): E. Trinkaus , E. Haduch , P.W. Valde-Nowak , P. Wojtal The human distal thumb phalanx from the earlier Upper Paleolithic of Obłazowa Cave, southern Poland, exhibits features of its palmar surface that align it morphologically principally with early modern humans. These aspects include the configurations of the proximal palmar fossa, the flexor pollicis longus tendon insertion, the proximal margin of the palmar apical tuft, and especially its low ulnar deviation angle. If it is assumed that it possessed...
Source: HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology - October 12, 2014 Category: Biology Source Type: research

B.HallgrímssonB.K.HallEpigenetics: Linking Genotype and Phenotype in Development and Evolution2011University of California PressBerkeley978-0-520-26709-1472 pp., Price: USD 85
Publication date: April 2014 Source:HOMO - Journal of Comparative Human Biology, Volume 65, Issue 2 Author(s): Osbjorn M. Pearson (Source: HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology)
Source: HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology - October 12, 2014 Category: Biology Source Type: research

Reaction time: Does it relate to weight status in children?
In conclusion, it seems that there is no relationship between simple RT (measured by RTclin) and weight status in the boys. Additional studies for finding relationship between RT and weight status are needed by including larger samples of participants, various age groups and various RT tests. (Source: HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology)
Source: HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology - October 12, 2014 Category: Biology Source Type: research

Physical growth and nutritional status of Car Nicobarese and Moplah children of Andaman–Nicobar Islands in India
The objective of this cross-sectional study was to assess growth and nutritional status of Car Nicobarese children and compare it with Moplah children, who live in a similar environment. A total of 436 Car Nicobarese children and 438 Moplah children, aged 6–10 years, were selected for the study. The anthropometric measurements included stature, body weight, sitting height, bi-acromial breadth, bi-iliac breadth, mid-upper arm circumference, skinfold thickness of biceps, triceps and subscapular region. 50th percentile (median) growth curves were calculated among the studied children and compared with Centers for Disease Co...
Source: HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology - October 12, 2014 Category: Biology Source Type: research

Anthropometry and somatotypes of competitive DanceSport participants: A comparison of three different styles
Publication date: April 2014 Source:HOMO - Journal of Comparative Human Biology, Volume 65, Issue 2 Author(s): H. Liiv , M. Wyon , T. Jürimäe , P. Purge , M. Saar , J. Mäestu , J. Jürimäe Anthropometry in dance and aesthetic sports has been shown to play an important role in selection and performance criteria. The aim of the present study was to examine variations in somatotype and anthropometry in three different competitive dance styles: DanceSport Standard, Latin American and Ten Dance. Anthropometry and somatotype data were collected from thirty couples competing in Standard (n =24 individuals), Latin A...
Source: HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology - October 12, 2014 Category: Biology Source Type: research

Sexual dimorphism of root length on a Greek population sample
Publication date: April 2014 Source:HOMO - Journal of Comparative Human Biology, Volume 65, Issue 2 Author(s): E. Zorba , V. Vanna , K. Moraitis Sexual dimorphism in teeth has been an area of research for osteoarchaeologists and forensic anthropologists studying human skeletal remains. As most studies have been based on the mesiodistal and buccolingual crown measurements, sexual dimorphism from root length dimensions remains “neglected” by comparison to crown dimensions. The aim of the present study was to test the existence of sexual dimorphism in the root length of single-rooted teeth with the purpose of inves...
Source: HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology - October 12, 2014 Category: Biology Source Type: research