Effectiveness of decontamination protocols when analyzing ancient DNA preserved in dental calculus [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 Ancient DNA analysis of human oral microbial communities within calcified dental plaque (calculus) has revealed key insights into human health, paleodemography, and cultural behaviors.
Andrew G. Farrer +5 more
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A geometric morphometrics approach to sex estimation of infants from 0 to 6 years using the auricular surface [PDF]
Scientific ReportsEstimating biological sex is an essential tool for studying past population dynamics and cultural behaviour. Typically, it is not performed in non-adults before the onset of puberty, limiting the knowledge that can be gained from immature skeletal ...
Patrícia Simão +2 more
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On the Paleodemography of Pyany Bor Culture [PDF]
Поволжская археология, 2019 The paper outlines data for the reconstruction of paleodemographic structure of the Pyany Bor culture. Totally three samples (Novo-Sasykul, Oshki cemeteries and Nyrgynda stage burials of Tarasovo burial ground), including skeletal remains of 465 ...
Kufterin Vladimir V. +1 more
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Practitioner preferences in the analysis of cremation deposits in archaeology and biological anthropology: An overview of current osteoarchaeological practices with a focus on sex estimation. [PDF]
PLoS ONEOsteological data, such as biological sex, constitute a base for research in paleodemography and palaeopathology, as well as for understanding past socio-cultural practices.
Marta Hlad +6 more
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Phylotranscriptomics and genome-size evidence clarify the Taiwanese Cirsium japonicum complex and delimit C. brevicaule and allied East Asian thistles [PDF]
BMC Plant BiologyBackground Rapid diversification in island floras often creates taxonomic uncertainty, particularly for morphologically variable plant complexes. The Cirsium japonicum complex, a widespread and medicinally important group in East Asia, exemplifies this ...
Chih-Yi Chang +5 more
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A Fully Bayesian Approach to Adult Skeletal Age Estimation: Multivariate Latent Trait Modeling With Markov Chain Monte Carlo Sampling. [PDF]
Am J Biol AnthropolOrdered probit regression is used as a latent trait model, with age at death estimated from a Gompertz distribution. Combined with Bayesian Markov Chain Monte Carlo sampling, this approach eliminates the need for reference priors for transition ages or population parameters.
Müller-Scheeßel N, Fuchs K, Rinne C.
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More Than Childbirth: Unveiling the Risks of Marriage on Women's Mortality in Tang Dynasty China. [PDF]
Am J Hum BiolABSTRACT Objectives This study investigates how marital and maternal statuses influenced female mortality in the Tang Dynasty (618–907 ce), China. It challenges the focus on reproductive risks by exploring both biological and social factors affecting female mortality in reproductive and post‐reproductive years.
Liu Y.
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Assessing Biological Mortality Bias From Deciduous Tooth Emergence. [PDF]
Am J Biol AnthropolABSTRACT Objectives Traits found in a skeletal sample are frequently used to infer qualities of the living population from which the skeletons were drawn. However, traits observed in a mortality sample may exhibit biological mortality bias in that they may not accurately represent the same traits in the living sample.
Holman DJ, Dolinski CJ.
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Differential Mortality Trends at the Intersection of Climate Change and Urban Growth From 13th to 18th Century Berlin. [PDF]
Am J Biol AnthropolABSTRACT Objectives The purpose of this study is to evaluate differences in adult mortality risk at the intersection of climate change and urbanization between late medieval (c. 1200–1500) and early modern (c. 1500–1800) Berlin. After the founding of the city in c.
Brennan EJ.
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Taphonomic bias in preservation and representativeness of skeletal samples (a case of Gonur Depe) [PDF]
Вестник археологии, антропологии и этнографии, 2022 The topic of this article is theoretical and practical issues underlying the problems of representativeness of skeletal samples, as well as age and sex biases in preservation of skeletal remains, and the impact of these factors on paleodemographic ...
Kufterin V.V. +2 more
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