Disparate and parallel craniofacial climatic adaptations in native populations of Asia, North America, and South America. [PDF]
J AnatThis study examines the influence of climate on human evolution using a large dataset (>2500 individuals) and combines morphometric analysis, genomic data, and various statistical techniques. It reveals distinct morphological traits in cold‐region populations, like increased nasal height and reduced facial protrusion, but also differences such as those
Evteev A +7 more
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Paleoamerican diet, migration and morphology in Brazil: archaeological complexity of the earliest Americans. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 During the early Holocene two main paleoamerican cultures thrived in Brazil: the Tradição Nordeste in the semi-desertic Sertão and the Tradição Itaparica in the high plains of the Planalto Central.
Sabine Eggers +3 more
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A multidisciplinary overview on the Tupi-speaking people expansion. [PDF]
Am J Biol AnthropolExpansion of Tupi linguistic subfamilies. Abstract The cultural and biological diversity of South American indigenous groups represent extremes of human variability, exhibiting one of the highest linguistic diversities alongside a remarkably low within‐population genetic variation and an extremely high inter‐population genetic differentiation.
Castro E Silva MA, Hünemeier T.
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Lutz's spontaneous sedimentation technique and the paleoparasitological analysis of sambaqui (shell mound) sediments [PDF]
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2013 Parasite findings in sambaquis (shell mounds) are scarce. Although the 121 shell mound samples were previously analysed in our laboratory, we only recently obtained the first positive results.
Morgana Camacho +6 more
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Padrões dentários, dieta e subsistência das populações dos sambaquis de Saquarema, RJ
Revista de Arqueologia, 1994 As pesquisas arqueológicas nos sambaquis da Beirada, Moa e Pontinha (coordenação: Kneip, 1987/90) revelaram que recursos provenientes da lagoa e do tnar forneceram a base da subsistência dos pescadores- caçaclores.
Lilia Cheuiche Machado, Lina Maria Kneip
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Mudanças e permanências no Sambaqui de Cabeçuda (Laguna, SC)
Revista de Arqueologia, 2020 O Sambaqui de Cabeçuda tem grande importância para a arqueologia brasileira. A retomada das pesquisas nesse sítio envolveu escavações, análise de perfis estratigráficos, sondagens e coleta de amostras diversas. Apesar de muito impactado, ele ainda guarda
Rita Scheel-Ybert +4 more
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Escavações no sítio LII-29, Sambaqui de Sereia do Mar
Revista de Arqueologia, 2012 As escavações no Sambaqui de Sereia do Mar caracterizam uma tentativa de reconhecer as estruturas arqueológicas internas deste tipo de sítio arqueológico na Barreira da Itapeva, litoral norte do Rio Grande do Sul.
Gustavo Peretti Wagner
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Revista del Museo de Antropologia, 2013 Nuevas intervenciones en el sitio de Amourins combinadas con el nuevo análisis de materiales y estudios de perfil proporcionaron elementos para la reinterpretación de la función del sambaqui.
Maria Dulce Gaspar +3 more
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A indústria lítica do sambaqui do Morrote
Cadernos do LEPAARQ, 2015 This article presents the lithic assembly of the Morrote shell mound (sambaqui). This collection comes from a burial mound site, located on the southern coast of the state of Santa Catarina.
Fabiana Rodrigues Belem, Paulo DeBlasis
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Early and middle holocene hunter-gatherer occupations in western Amazonia: the hidden shell middens. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2013 We report on previously unknown early archaeological sites in the Bolivian lowlands, demonstrating for the first time early and middle Holocene human presence in western Amazonia.
Lombardo U +8 more
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