HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology 
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Publication date: November 2018Source: HOMO, Volume 69, Issue 6Author(s): (Source: HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology)
Source: HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology - December 7, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
Influence of maternal height on children’s health status and mortality: a cross-sectional study in poor Roma communities in rural Serbia
Publication date: Available online 27 November 2018Source: HOMOAuthor(s): Jelena ČvorovićAbstractTo determine possible variations in children’s health status and mortality associated with variations in maternal stature, an anthropometric and demographic study was conducted in a Roma population of poor socio-economic status in rural Serbia. Data were collected during several years of anthropological fieldwork. The sample consisted of 691 women, ranging from 16 to 80 years of age. In addition to stature, Roma women’s demographics, reproductive history, reproductive outcomes and health status of their children were coll...
Source: HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology - November 27, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
The mental foramen: a cone beam CT study of the horizontal location, size and sexual dimorphism amongst living Jordanians
Publication date: Available online 24 November 2018Source: HOMOAuthor(s): Firas Alsoleihat, Farah A. Al-Omari, Ayat R. Al-Sayyed, Ayah A. Al-Asmar, Ameen KhraisatAbstractAccurate information regarding the horizontal location and size of mental foramen (MF) has a well-known clinical importance. In addition, these variables have been reported to exhibit inter-population variation. The aims of the present study were to study the horizontal position and size of MF, as seen on cone beam CT (CBCT) images, and to assess sexual dimorphism in these variables. Total of 139 CBCT images of a random Jordanian sample (50 males, 89 femal...
Source: HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology - November 25, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
A palaeopathological analysis of skeletal remains from Bronze Age Mongolia
Publication date: Available online 23 November 2018Source: HOMOAuthor(s): S. Karstens, J. Littleton, B. Frohlich, T. Amgaluntugs, K. Pearlstein, D. HuntAbstractLittle is known about the lifeways of the people who inhabited the Mongolian steppe during the Bronze Age (c. 4450-2650 BP). Palaeopathological analysis allows us to draw inferences about the lifeways of past people from the indicators of health and lifestyle recorded in human remains. This paper presents results of analysis of the remains of 25 individuals excavated in northern Mongolia. Overall, the remains demonstrated very little pathology. In particular the lac...
Source: HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology - November 24, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
Mitochondrial DNA diversity of the Roma from northeastern Bosnia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
This study is the first report on the mtDNA diversity in the Roma population from Bosnia. The main aim of this study was to analyse the mtDNA diversity in the studied population, evaluate the genetic relations with other European Roma populations, and analyse the influences of the Roma gene flow on the mitochondrial profile of the Roma from northeastern Bosnia. MtDNA variability in the analysed population has been studied by means of hypervariable segment I and II (HVSI/II) of the control region sequencing and analysis of restriction fragment-length polymorphisms of the coding region. Our results show that genetic structur...
Source: HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology - November 8, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
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Publication date: September 2018Source: HOMO, Volume 69, Issue 5Author(s): (Source: HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology)
Source: HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology - November 8, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
Reevaluation of the earlobe types in Koreans
In conclusion, the findings in this study suggest that the attached earlobe type is the most common among Koreans, and the proportion of earlobe types among males and females is significantly different. Further studies are needed to understand the genetic background of earlobe types among Koreans. (Source: HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology)
Source: HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology - October 30, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
Before Kukulkán. Bioarchaeology of maya life, death, and identity at classic period Yaxuná. Vera Tiesler, Andrea Cucina, Travis W. Stanton and David A. Freidel (foreword by Traci Ardren). The University of Arizona Press, Tucson (2018), 305 pp., price USD 76, hardcover, ISBN 978-0-8165-3264-3
Publication date: Available online 25 October 2018Source: HOMOAuthor(s): Mónica Rodríguez Pérez (Source: HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology)
Source: HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology - October 26, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
Illuminating the processes of microevolution: a bioarchaeological analysis of dental non-metric traits from Armenian Highland
Publication date: Available online 10 October 2018Source: HOMOAuthor(s): A.Yu. KhudaverdyanAbstractNon-metric dental traits provide useful information for assessing temporal changes as well as for assessing biological relationships among living and ancient populations. Dental morphological traits were employed in this study as direct indicators of biological affinities among the populations that inhabited the Armenian Highland from the Late Chalcolithic-Early Bronze Age to Modern times. Sixteen morphological features in 2,643 permanent adult teeth from 41 samples coming from 5 areas within the Armenian Highland were scored...
Source: HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology - October 10, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
Differential evolution of cerebral and cerebellar fossae in recent Homo: A new methodological approach
Publication date: Available online 9 October 2018Source: HOMOAuthor(s): M.A. Cabestrero-Rincón, A. Balzeau, C. LorenzoAbstractThe endocranium shows the influence of the shape and development of brain tissues and overall brain modifications. During the late Upper Pleistocene and Holocene smaller brains appeared and the higher position of endinion relative to inion might indicate changes in cerebellar and occipital lobes. In previous studies, the depths of the cerebral and cerebellar fossae were not specifically considered; new tools for quantitatively measuring these irregular, problematic curved areas need to be developed...
Source: HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology - October 9, 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...
Source: HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology - October 5, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
The asymmetry of dermatoglyphic finger ridge counts and the geographic altitude of the Jujenean population in northwest Argentina
Publication date: Available online 29 September 2018Source: HOMOAuthor(s): J.E. Dipierri, E. Gutiérrez-Redomero, N. Rivaldería, M.C. Alonso-Rodríguez, E. AlfaroAbstractAsymmetry is omnipresent in the living world and therefore is a measure of developmental noise and instability. The main stressing agent in high-altitude ecosystems is hypobaric hypoxia. The variation in bilateral dermatoglyphic symmetry in populations from the Province of Jujuy in northwest Argentina is analyzed, and these results are compared to those for other populations with different ethnic and environmental backgrounds. Fingerprints were collected ...
Source: HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology - October 5, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
New linear regression equations to calculate body height from tibial length in modern Maya populations
This study presents two new linear regression equations for estimating height from tibial length among Maya populations. Body height and percutaneous tibial length were measured in two living Maya samples from the state of Yucatan, Mexico. The first sample comprises 100 adults (63 females and 37 males) from the community of Dzemul, (Group 1) and the second sample comprises 71 adults (26 females and 45 males) from the city of Mérida (Group 2). A linear regression model equation was then adjusted to estimate height from tibia length for each group. These models were then compared using 95% confidence intervals for the estim...
Source: HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology - October 5, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
Sex estimation from cranial morphological traits: use of the methods across American Indians, modern North Americans, and ancient Egyptians
This study evaluates again the general hypothesis that populations vary in their pattern of sexual dimorphism. Specifically, the study tests the degree of expression of four cranial morphological traits (glabella, supraorbital margins, nuchal crest, and mastoid process) across three samples from different time periods and which vary in sociocultural transitions: 1) modern Americans of rural and urban areas spanning the last 186 years; 2) Dynastic Egyptians; and 3) Averbuch American Indians, spanning approximately 1255 CE to 1425 CE, from the southeastern United States. These three populations were specifically chosen for s...
Source: HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology - September 22, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
Determinants of demographic characteristics of the Lamkang tribe, Manipur
The objectives are: (i) to determine the age-sex composition of the Lamkang, (ii) to see the sex disparity among the Lamkang (iii) to examine the various biological and social factors that govern the fertility pattern among the Lamkang tribe of Manipur. The present study reveals that the Lamkang population is showing tendency towards fertility transition as evident from the population pyramid (Fig.1). This has shown the beginning of positive effects of education and employment on the reduction of fertility. Overall, males have a higher literacy and better occupation than their female counterparts. One-way analysis of varia...
Source: HOMO Journal of Comparative Human Biology - September 22, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: research
