Anthropological Review: Recent submissions
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Tuberculous spondylitis: Macromorphological and radiological studies on a skeleton from the Late Iron Age monument of Nor Armavir, Armenia
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2024-06-03)The skeleton in question derives from the Late Iron Age monument of Nor Armavir and was unearthed from burial No. 19. The deceased was buried in an unusual position. In this article, we characterize the pathological bony ... -
The presence of Homo in Sicily: evidence, hypotheses and uncorroborated ideas. An archaeo-anthropological perspective
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2024-06-03)This article summarises the main findings and data on the ancient peopling of the Mediterranean island of Sicily through an archaeo-anthropological perspective. The hypothesis surrounding the presence of the Lower Palaeolithic ... -
AI-generated faces show lower morphological diversity than real faces do
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2024-06-03)Some recent studies suggest that artificial intelligence can create realistic human faces subjectively unrecognizable from faces of real people. We have compared static facial photographs of 197 real men with a sample of ... -
Possible future evolutionary consequences to Homo as a result of the implementation of biotechnology
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2024-06-03)Biotechnology has become one of the most powerful forces on the planet, since it is capable of altering life processes at a molecular level. Since human bodies are dynamic biological systems, medicine requires to understand ... -
Morphological structure and ethnic background of the Sudanese Shagia tribe (East Africa)
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2024-06-03)North Sudan, especially the 4th Nile Cataract region, is home to one of the world’s most isolated human populations. This study aimed to clarify the ethnic background of the Shagia based on anthropological analyses. This ... -
The variability of anthropometric and body composition parameters in middle-aged women associated with menopause and smoking
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2024-06-03)Menopause and its related hormonal changes are associated with the variation of body composition, especially impacting adipose tissue metabolism and the reduction of lean mass. The purpose of the present study was to ... -
Age at pubarche and the risk of developing cardiometabolic complications among 50–52-year-old men from Krakow Longitudinal Study (Poland)
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2024-06-03)Despite contradictory observations, it has been postulated that early age of adrenarche predisposes to an increased risk of cardiometabolic complications in further ontogeny due to greater body fatness. The aim of this ... -
Asymmetry in Body Composition Variables of Youth Athletes
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2024-06-03)Assessing bilateral differences in paired anthropometric features is an important methodological problem in sports anthropology. The present study included 128 adolescent female athletes (59 rhythmic gymnasts, 58 tennis ... -
The age difference in 2D:4D among the Polish population: An exploratory study
; ; Żądzińska, Elżbieta
; ; ; ; (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2023-12-21)
In this study a widely debated association between 2D:4D digit ratio and age was investigated. The study material included 960 individuals (530 females and 430 males) from Central Poland aged between 6–79 years. The ... -
Reliability of retrospective assessment of the age of first menstruation
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2023-12-11)The age of the first menstruation is one of the indicators for assessing the course of puberty. It is also a sensitive indicator of the economic situation of individual professional groups or societies, and the low average ... -
Cardiometabolic risk assessment in Eastern Slovak young adults using anthropometric indicators
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2023-12-27)Introduction: Selected anthropometric indicators, such as anthropometric measurements, indices, or ratios could be reliable predictors of future cardiometabolic risk in primary prevention, especially in young adults.Aim: ... -
Relationship between body sway and body build in healthy adult men and women
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2023-12-06)Studies investigating the relationship between balance ability and body size, build and proportions tend to concentrate on body mass and height rather than breadth parameters or size of individual body segments. The purpose ... -
Morphological and genetic aspects of Marfan Syndrome as demonstrated by a case of death during pregnancy with the discovery of two de novo missense mutations in the FBN1 gene
; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Galassi, Francesco Maria; (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2023-12-12)
Marfan Syndrome (MFS) is an autosomal dominant disease caused in most cases by mutations in the FNB1 gene, which encodes for fibrillin 1. MFS does not alway shows typical phenotypic signs. Indeed, the occurrence of sudden ... -
The diet of the human groups buried in a late- and post-Medieval rural parish cemetery in Libkovice (Czech Republic)
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2023-11-29)Libkovice is a village in the northwestern Czech Republic that was demolished at the end of the last century due to the expansion of a nearby mine. The former church cemetery has been a subject to bioarchaeological excavation ... -
Spina bifida oculta in skeletal population from Dąbrówki (Poland, Podlaskie Province)
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2023-11-20)The aim of the study is to evaluate the frequency of spina bifida oculta (SBO) in the early modern population from Dąbrówki (Poland); 26 males, 19 females, 3 adults with unspecified sex, 2 subadult were taken into the ... -
Dyslipidemia in pre- and post-menopausal women: a study of peri-urban Paundra Kshatriya women
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2023-11-23)Dyslipidemia is an important risk factor of cardiovascular disease, whereas menopause is a decrease in ovarian follicular activity at the end of reproductive age of the women, which is significantly influenced by hormonal ... -
A new perspectives on breastfeeding practice reconstruction in bioarchaeology – an oxygen isotopes study in an animal model
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2023-10-10)Research using stable isotopes for the reconstruction of breastfeeding strategies are based on assumptions that have not yet been verified by experimental studies. Interpreting the results of isotope analysis is associated ... -
Factors affecting stunting among 3–12 years old girls of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal, India
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2023-10-06)Stunting is the impaired growth and development in children caused due to poor nutrition, recurrent infections and lack of psychosocial stimulus. Because stunting affects physical development and inhibits the child from ... -
Economic stress affects the human sex ratio: A retest of the Trivers–Willard hypothesis in Poland
; ; Żądzińska, Elżbieta (Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2023-10-06)
This paper contributes to the verification of the Trivers–Willard hypothesis (TWH). Based on the TWH, observed sex (male-to-female) ratio at birth in a population is presumed to decline when parents experience economic ... -
The assessment of the relationship between the traits of temporal muscle and the massiveness of the supraorbital region of the Homo sapiens crania including the influence of the neurocranial shape and size of the occlusal surface of the upper molars – preliminary study
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2023-09-26)The knowledge about the pattern of the relationship between the morphological variability of the supraorbital region of human skulls and the features of the temporal muscle is far from complete. The main aim of this study ...