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, 2004 Number of Pages: 5Integrative BiologyGeological ...
Beaman, Kent R., Spencer, Carol L.
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Continuing Osteological Research with Fairmont State University’s Human Skeletal Collection
Proceedings of the West Virginia Academy of ScienceHuman skeletal remains have been used at some point by most institutions involved in natural science education, though many real remains are slowly being replaced in classroom use by plastic models. Unfortunately, most antique teaching skeletons still in collections today were obtained during an ethically gray era, resulting in a lack of documentation ...
Jay Bow, Kristy Henson
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Injuries in deep time: interpreting competitive behaviours in extinct reptiles via palaeopathology
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT For over a century, palaeopathology has been used as a tool for understanding evolution, disease in past communities and populations, and to interpret behaviour of extinct taxa. Physical traumas in particular have frequently been the justification for interpretations about aggressive and even competitive behaviours in extinct taxa.
Maximilian Scott +3 more
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Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Oropharyngeal food processing exhibits a remarkable diversity among vertebrates, reflecting the evolution of specialised ‘processing centres’ associated with the mandibular, hyoid, and branchial arches. Although studies have detailed various food‐processing strategies and mechanisms across vertebrates, a coherent and comprehensive terminology ...
Daniel Schwarz +6 more
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, 1988 Number of Pages: 3Integrative BiologyGeological ...
Dickson, Nancy A., Vitt, Laurie J.
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Malignancy in three medieval Polish osteological collections
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2021 Siek, TJ +4 more
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Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Human life history is derived compared to that of our closest living relatives, the great apes. It has been suggested that these derived traits are causally related to aspects of our ecology, social behaviour and cognitive abilities. However, resolving this requires that we know the evolutionary trajectory of our distinctive pattern of growth,
Paola Cerrito +2 more
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Isotopic dietary analysis and molecular sex identification of adults and juveniles from medieval Great Moravia [PDF]
, 2012 Like many complex agricultural societies, medieval European society was strongly patriarchal, with men favored in terms of property rights, political status, and household authority.
Halffman, Carrin M.
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An Investigation of Hyperostosis Frontalis Interna in a Modern Anatomical Body Donor Population
Clinical Anatomy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This research sought to examine the prevalence and severity of hyperostosis frontalis interna (HFI) in the Chicagoland anatomical body donor population. The study further aimed to elucidate potential demographic risk factors for HFI, including sex, age at death, and structural vulnerability index (SVI), as well as any common comorbidities, as ...
Amy C. Beresheim, Amanda Hall
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Sex determination of human remains from peptides in tooth enamel [PDF]
, 2017 The assignment of biological sex to archaeological human skeletons is a fundamental requirement for the reconstruction of the human past. It is conventionally and routinely performed on adults using metric analysis and morphological traits arising from ...
Gerlach, Raquel Fernanda +4 more
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