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Union of the medial clavicular epiphysis in a South African Black skeletal sample
Publication date: Available online 21 September 2018Source: HOMOAuthor(s): T. Mahon, L.J. Friedling, G.M. GordonAbstractCurrent research points to an increase in the interest in and focus on the age at which the medial end of the clavicle begins and completes the union in various populations worldwide. As it currently stands, no information exists for the South African population detailing the age at which this skeletal developmental marker commences or completes the union. The aim of this study was to establish the age at which partial and complete unions occur and to find if there is any correlation between the age and t...
Source: HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology - September 22, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research

Secular trend in growth and nutritional status in a sample of girls aged 7-9 years from Serbia
Publication date: Available online 19 September 2018Source: HOMOAuthor(s): T.M. Pavlica, R.S. Rakić, B.K. Popović, V.P. PuškašAbstractSecular trend changes over time and therefore is a marker of the public health of the populations. The aim of the study is to compare the anthropometric data of 7-9 year-old girls obtained in recent investigations in Serbia with data from 1980/81, by using Z-score and percentile classification systems, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention – CDC anthropometric criteria. In 1980 and 1981 we used data for 800 schoolgirls aged 6.50-9.49 years. The data for the period ...
Source: HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology - September 20, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research

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Publication date: July 2018Source: HOMO, Volume 69, Issue 4Author(s): (Source: HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology)
Source: HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology - September 5, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research

Juvenile scurvy from Late Medieval Knin, Croatia
In this study, we examine the scurvy associated skeletal lesions among juveniles from the late Medieval site Uzdolje-Grablje in Croatia. The study aims to establish a demographic pattern of scurvy using existing diagnostic criteria. The sample consists of 16 well-preserved and fairly complete juveniles, excavated from a cemetery dating to 1420-1920. Skeletal remains were analyzed macroscopically for signs of porosity and new bone formation. Scurvy is diagnosed using the “Ortner criteria” of cranial and postcranial lesions. Depending on the location of the lesions, individuals were diagnosed with either scurvy or possib...
Source: HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology - September 5, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research

Hemihyperplasia: History of medicine assists medical genetics
Publication date: Available online 1 September 2018Source: HOMOAuthor(s): Michael Shterenshis, Yulia Roitblat, Sari Rosenberg, Monica Singer, Jeanne LumbrosoAbstractThis paper examines the role of the history of medicine in case of congenital isolated hemihyperplasia. Isolated hemihyperplasia is a genetic disorder in which one side of the body grows more than the other, causing visible lateral asymmetry of the human body. The date of the occurrence of the genetic mutation that leads to hemihyperplasia is not known yet. The aim of the current research was to confirm or to disprove the fact that isolated hemihyperplasia was ...
Source: HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology - September 1, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research

Age estimation accuracies from black South African os coxae
Publication date: Available online 21 August 2018Source: HOMOAuthor(s): M. Jones, G. Gordon, D. BritsAbstractThe accurate estimation of age is considered important from an ethical, legal and archaeological perspective. Among the numerous methods based on macroscopic skeletal studies for age estimation, the Suchey-Brooks (1990) method for aging from the pubic symphysis and the Buckberry and Chamberlain (2002) method for aging from the auricular surface are considered more reliable. However, both these methods have been derived from American populations. Therefore, the following study aimed to assess the accuracy of the esti...
Source: HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology - August 21, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research

Biological living standards in North Korea as reflected in famine to post-famine trends in birthweight, 1998-2009
Publication date: Available online 21 August 2018Source: HOMOAuthor(s): D. SchwekendiekAbstractThis research investigates the trend in birthweight as an indicator of living conditions in early life inside North Korea, one of the most secluded nations in the world that experienced a great famine in the 1990s. Descriptive analysis based on data taken from officially released national nutrition survey reports suggests that prevalence of low birthweight (= below 2,500 grams) declined from 9.0% in the famine year of 1998 to 5.7% in the post-famine period of 2009. Mean birthweight improved from 2,800 grams in 1998 to 2,940 grams...
Source: HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology - August 21, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research

A diachronic examination of biomechanical changes in skeletal remains from Tombos in ancient Nubia
Publication date: Available online 2 August 2018Source: HOMOAuthor(s): Victoria E. Gibbon, Michele R. BuzonAbstractUsing morphometric assessment, we diachronically analyse mechanical stress and limb function at the Tombos (modern Sudan) archaeological site through time and changing socioeconomic circumstances. Based on previous research, we expect that during the Third Intermediate/Napatan (c. 1070–656 BCE) people were larger and more physically active than in the New Kingdom (∼1400–1070 BCE). On the appendicular skeleton of adults 57 measurements were obtained on individuals from 67 discrete burials and 370 commingl...
Source: HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology - August 18, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research

Bone mineral density, hand grip strength, smoking status and physical activity in Polish young men
Publication date: Available online 14 August 2018Source: HOMOAuthor(s): Anna Kopiczko, Karol Gryko, Monika Łopuszańska-DawidAbstractThe human skeleton undergoes constant changes encompassing the phases of growth, consolidation and involution of the bone tissue. The aim of the research was to assess the relationship between bone mineral density (BMD) and such factors as hand grip strength, somatic structure or attitudes to tobacco smoking in men with different levels of physical activity.The study included 172 males aged 20-30 years. Mineral density and forearm bone mass were measured using the dual-energy X-ray absorptio...
Source: HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology - August 14, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research

Women’s height in several African countries in the first half of the 20th century
The objective is to provide information on the stature of females from those areas at that time and to compare the results with those from the literature, which refer to more recent times. Data were recovered from original individual forms and/or monographs of the time, and when possible, changes in mean statures were reported, considering two age classes: 20.0-29.9 years and 30.0 years and over. Individual heights were plotted according to year of birth. The main results show tendencies toward height increases in Eritrea and Ethiopia, stable values of stature in Somalia and decreasing heights in women mainly from the oase...
Source: HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology - August 5, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research

Altered shapes, same people: Scaphocephaly in the Early Modern Bucharest
Publication date: Available online 3 August 2018Source: HOMOAuthor(s): A.D. Soficaru, C. Ionică, M. Constaninescu, M. EnyediAbstractPremature sagittal suture synostosis was identified in eight specimens dated between the 18th and 20th centuries CE, of which seven are kept within the Rainer Osteological Collection in Bucharest and one was retrieved from the archaeologically investigated Saint Sava Church Cemetery. Our study focused on metric measurements, aiming to compare these specimens with three other samples comprising normal and scaphocephalic individuals, with both a Romanian and worldwide distribution. In total, 37...
Source: HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology - August 4, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research

A diachronic examination of biomechanical changes of skeletal remains from Tombos in ancient Nubia
Publication date: Available online 2 August 2018Source: HOMOAuthor(s): Victoria E. Gibbon, Michele R. BuzonAbstractUsing morphometric assessment, we diachronically analyse mechanical stress and limb function at the Tombos (modern Sudan) archaeological site through time and changing socioeconomic circumstances. Based on previous research, we expect that during the Third Intermediate/Napatan (c. 1070-656 BCE) people were larger and more physically active than in the New Kingdom (∼1400-1070 BCE). On the appendicular skeleton of adults 57 measurements were obtained on individuals from 67 discrete burials and 370 commingled s...
Source: HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology - August 2, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research

Comparison of cranial fluctuating asymmetry between normal and pathological specimens from a modern Thai skeletal group
Publication date: Available online 26 July 2018Source: HOMOAuthor(s): Hyunwoo Jung, Noreen von Cramon-TaubadelAbstractThe purpose of this study was to compare fluctuating asymmetry (FA) levels across cranial modules of normal and pathological cranial specimens. It was examined whether pathological specimens have significantly higher FA scores than normal specimens in cranial regions affected by a developmental disorder. For this study, a modern Thai skeletal sample from Chulalongkorn University was analyzed. Ninety-two cranial landmarks were digitized on 66 adult and 8 sub-adult normal specimens and on 5 pathological speci...
Source: HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology - July 26, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research

A new analysis interpreting Nilotic relationships and peopling of the Nile Valley
This study seeks to evaluate the relationships of Nubian and Egyptian groups in the context of the original peopling event. Cranial nonmetric traits from 18 Nubian and Egyptian samples, spanning Lower Egypt to Lower Nubia and approximately 7400 years, were analyzed using Mahalanobis D2 as a measure of biological distance. A principal coordinates analysis and spatial-temporal model were applied to these data. The results reveal temporal and spatial patterning consistent with documented events in Egyptian and Nubian population history. Moreover, the Mesolithic Nubian sample clustered with later Nubian and Egyptian samples,...
Source: HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology - July 25, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research

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Publication date: May 2018Source: HOMO, Volume 69, Issue 3Author(s): (Source: HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology)
Source: HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology - July 24, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research