Anthropological Review: Ostatnio dodane
Wyświetlanie pozycji 101-114 z 114
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Evolution of modern humans is a result of self-amplifying feedbacks beginning in the Miocene and continuing without interruption until now
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2022-03-18)Humans are a part of the complex system of life. This consists of a multitude of feedbacks among all parts of living systems. In the case of human origins, many feedbacks became positive rather than homeostatic, thus ... -
Case study: trepanation or injury? An example of an early medieval skull from Płock (Poland)
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2022-02-25)The aim of the study was to analyze a skull found in ossuary material in Płock, dated between the 16th and 19th centuries. The skull was subjected to a comprehensive anthropological analysis due to the number of pathological ... -
Usefulness of the analysis of the average ridge width of fingerprints in archaeological research
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2022-02-25)Skin ridges (dermatoglyphs or fingerprints) are a characteristic pattern of sulci on the skin of primates which appear on the entire hand palm and on the soles of the feet. Fingerprints are unique, irremovable and invariable ... -
Application of the lateral angle method for sex determination of cremated individuals from burials of the Lusatian culture cemetery in Czernikowice, Poland
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2022-02-25)Research of cremated human remains are limited by severe analytical constraints. Estimation of basic anthropological parameters such as sex of individuals or their age at death is often uncertain. A method for assessing ... -
The plague’s impact paleodemographic and genetic measures in 15th to 16th century Gdańsk
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2022-02-25)Yersinia pestis caused plagues and haunted Gdańsk several times during the 15th and 16th centuries. This study focuses on the following demographic effects: 1/ distributions of deceased by age in a plagued city, 2/ parameters ... -
Erratum: The affinities of Homo antecessor – a review of craniofacial features and their taxonomic validity
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Prevalence and Factors Associated with Overweight/Obesity in Adolescent School Girls: A Cross-Sectional Study in Kolkata, India
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2022-07-26)Overweight and obesity in adolescent girls are considered a leading global public health issues in recent times. There is a need to evaluate the potential socioeconomic and behavioural factors behind adolescents’ overweight ... -
The assessment of the biological age of children`s characters created in the convention of Japanese animation in forensic practice
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2022-07-26)Introduction: According to criminal codes of most Western countries, possessing, producing and disseminating of fictional paedopornography is a crime. In light of these laws, the shotacon/lolicon (popular and widely available ... -
Post-medieval stelae cemetery in Nowy Dwór: preliminary results of an anthropological and archaeological study
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2022-07-26)The paper presents preliminary results of an anthropological analysis of a previously unknown post-medieval stelae cemetery in the village of Nowy Dwór in Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland. The main aim of the study was to ... -
2D:4D digit ratio and its relationship to BMI, sporting choices and physiological predispositions among women
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2022-07-26)The 2D:4D digit ratio has been established as a biomarker of the level of exposure to prenatal sex hormones’ balancebetween prenatal testosterone (PT) and estrogenne levels. Higher 2D:4D indicates lower PT exposure and ... -
Klippel-Feil Syndrome: morphological findings in a 19th-century musealized skull from Viana del Bollo (Orense, Spain)
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2022-07-19)The aim of this study is to show the cranial alterations that Klippel-Feil syndrome produced in a case older than 200 years. Few paleopathological case studies diagnosed as Klippel-Feil Syndrome are focused on cranial ... -
Moral foundations tracked over 200 years of lexicographic data, and their predictors
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2022-07-26)The prediction that reduction of negative selection decreases group-level competitiveness, as reflected in increased individual-focused and diminished group-focused moral foundations, is tested. To measure this hypothesized ... -
Sacral Spina Bifida Occulta: A Frequency Analysis of Secular Change
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2022-07-01)Substantial relaxation of natural selection beginning around 1900 changed the mutation/selection balance of modern genetic material, producing an increase in variable anatomical structures. While multiple structures have ... -
Association of Leu432Val (rs1056836) polymorphism of the CYP1B1 gene with lipid profile in hypertensive Slovak women
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2022-07-01)Leu432Val (rs1056836) polymorphism of the CYP1B1 gene was examined in relationship with lipid profile in hypertensive Slovak women according to their menopausal status. The entire study sample comprised 255 women suffering ...