Measured versus self-reported body heightInternational Journal of Anthropology - Tập 17 - Trang 113-120 - 2002
M. Krzyżanowska, W. Umławska
Students (105 males and 298 females) of the Faculty of Natural Sciences of University of Wrocław of 19–28 years of age were examined. The questionnaire and body height measurements were conducted in February and March of the year 2000. The measured as well as self — reported body height were analyzed depending on socio — economic variables such as the students' parents' education, the students' pl...... hiện toàn bộ
Age at menopause of Tamang women tea-labourers of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal, IndiaInternational Journal of Anthropology - Tập 6 - Trang 233-236 - 1991
Chunki Piplai
The Tamang women tea-labouren of Jalpaiguri district show no significant difference in age at menopause among their three «migration status» groups, viz., MO, M1 and M2+. The mean age at menopause is 47.3±4.26 and the median age is 47.68 years. A significant difference occurs between the observed mean age at menopause and 45 years, which is generally taken to be the menopausal age by convention. T...... hiện toàn bộ
Changes in osteoarthritis associated with the development of a maritime economy among southern California IndiansInternational Journal of Anthropology - Tập 4 - Trang 171-183 - 1989
P. L. Walker, S. E. Hollimon
The severity of osteoarthritis was studied in human skeletal remains from archaeological sites in the Santa Barbara Channel area of southern California. These remains were analyzed to better understand changes in activity patterns associated with the economic shift from hunting and gathering to intensive fishing and craft specialization that occurred in this area. The joints of 967 burials from se...... hiện toàn bộ
Genetic serum protein markers (HP, TF, GC and PI) in eight Slovakian population samplesInternational Journal of Anthropology - Tập 9 - Trang 153-159 - 1994
D. Siváková, H. Walter, H. Danker-Hopfe, M. Prüss, M. Harms
1194 individuals from eight different regions of Slovakia have been typed for haptoglobin (HP) types and for transferrin (TF), group specific component (GC) and alpha-1-antitrypsin (PI) subtypes. Whereas the HP allele frequencies do not show a remarkable regional variability within Slovakia, this could be demonstrated concerning the TF, GC and PI allele frequencies. The reason for these distributi...... hiện toàn bộ
Genetics of epidermal ridge minutiaeInternational Journal of Anthropology - Tập 20 - Trang 51-62 - 2005
Sarkar N. Chandra
Epidermal ridge minutiae have been utilized widely in Forensic Sciences for personal identification for a long time; but genetical significance of minutiae is yet to be understood thoroughly. In the present communication an attempt has been made to study the genetical aspects of finger ridge minutiae on the basis of family material. Data for the present study were collected from 76 families belong...... hiện toàn bộ
Art in global context: An evolutionary/functionalist perspective for the 21st centuryInternational Journal of Anthropology - - 2003
Dissanayake Ellen
Regarding the arts as something peopledo — as behaviors, rather than the residue or artifacts of behavior — makes possible a theoretical grounding about their nature and importance, an endeavor that current anthropology of art has largely abandoned. A reconsideration of the suspect and largely discarded terms “functionalism” and “evolutionism” is presented in light of current evolutionary thinking...... hiện toàn bộ
Tracking: Concepts, methods and toolsInternational Journal of Anthropology - Tập 7 - Trang 33-50 - 1992
C. J. Kowalski, E. D. Schneiderman
Tracking can be defined as the tendency of an individual, or a collection of individuals, to maintain a particular course of growth over time relative to other individuals. A measure of tracking based on Cohen's kappa statistic and the tracking indices proposed by Foulkes-Davis and McMahan are considered. Applications, including significance testing, are made to a study of the growth of Guatemalan...... hiện toàn bộ