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Analyzing asymmetries and praxis in aDNA research: A bioanthropological critique
American Anthropologist, 2021AbstractRecent developments in molecular‐biology‐oriented studies regarding ancient DNA (aDNA) from human remains have brought into the contemporary discussions within archaeologists, bioanthropologists, and geneticists a set of disputes, tensions, and collaborations that need to be analyzed in practical and epistemological terms.
Bernardo Yáñez +2 more
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The Bioanthropological Context of Disease
American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 1993Apparent differences in susceptibility to disease continue to be major delineators between human groups. From the vantage of human evolutionary biology, disease is the biocultural product of the interactions of human biology, culture, and ecology.
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AIDS in Africa: A bioanthropological perspective
American Journal of Human Biology, 1990AbstractThe epidemiological characteristics of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in Africa are reviewed. Infection rates with human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV‐1) and human immunodeficiency virus 2 (HIV‐2) vary across the continent of Africa with the highest infection rates occurring in East and Central Africa.
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The Xavante in transition: health, ecology, and bioanthropology in central Brazil
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Hearing and the bioanthropology of speech
Journal of Social and Biological Systems, 1989Abstract This paper endeavours to answer the question of whether there has been an evolutionary effect on the human auditory system due to the fact that Homo sapiens talks. It is argued that no cause-and-effect relationship can be demonstrated anatomically or physiologically. If there has been an effect, it is the other way around; we make the sounds
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Bioanthropology of the Early Iron Age Site of Prohear (Cambodia)
2023Zeitschrift für Archäologie Außereuropäischer Kulturen, Bd.
Krais, Simone +3 more
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Descent with Modification: Bioanthropological Identities in 2009
American Anthropologist, 2010ABSTRACT In the year of Darwin, what were the emerging themes and events that united disparate manifestations of bioanthropological identities? In this review, I draw from conference proceedings, the literature, and electronic social networking to assess six major developments in 2009: the bioanthropological ...
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Body Composition and Menopausal Transition: A Bioanthropological Perspective
2013Menopause is defined as the permanent cessation of menstruation due to depletion of the follicle pool. The menstrual cycle and changes in the cyclic pattern until a complete stop are orchestrated by gonadotrophins, steroids, and inhibins. The median age at natural menopause is around 50–51, for centuries and across populations. Menopause
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