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Title: Population Perspective in Osteology: A Case Study.
Creator: Lane, Rebecca A., Sublett, Audrey J., Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description: Samples from two Southeastern populations classified as a "Koger's Island type" are re-examined using non-metrical osteological data. A populationist viewpoint is adopted and the data is analyzed statistically. This paper;diecusses the method and some problems inherent in its utilization. It is concluded that the two samples do not belong to the same breeding population. Anthropological implications of the method are briefly discussed.
Date Issued: 1969
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00012591
Subject Headings: Anthropometry, Physical anthropology
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Osteometric assessment of 20th century skeletons from Thailand and Hong Kong.
Creator: King, Christopher A., Florida Atlantic University, Loth, Susan R.
Abstract/Description: Cranial and postcranial research on East and Southeast Asians has shown population variability between and within these two regions. Moreover, as populations vary by sex, sex differences vary by population. The purpose of this study is to provide the first descriptive and comparative analysis of two recently curated samples of complete, documented, contemporary skeletons from Thailand (N = 104) and Hong Kong (N = 94) that have not been previously studied. Sex differences reveal Hong Kong...
Show moreCranial and postcranial research on East and Southeast Asians has shown population variability between and within these two regions. Moreover, as populations vary by sex, sex differences vary by population. The purpose of this study is to provide the first descriptive and comparative analysis of two recently curated samples of complete, documented, contemporary skeletons from Thailand (N = 104) and Hong Kong (N = 94) that have not been previously studied. Sex differences reveal Hong Kong males and females as larger but less dimorphic than Thais. Stepwise discriminant function analysis of the Thai humerus and femur allowed 94%-96% sex classification accuracy. In conclusion, this research has increased our knowledge of sex and population differences in Asia and has important applications to demographic and medicolegal investigations.
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Date Issued: 1997
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15437
Subject Headings: Human skeleton, Craniology, Anthropometry--Thailand, Anthropometry--Hong Kong
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Fluctuating craniodental asymmetry in the southern African cheetah Acinonyx jubatus jubatus.
Creator: Sabshin, Stephanie Julia., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Abstract/Description: The cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) continues to be an object of intensive study with respect to its genetic heterozygosity and its drastic decline in the wild. Fluctuating asymmetry (FA) has been used to evaluate the levels of inbreeding and monomorphism in the cheetah. A measurement of craniodental FA was undertaken to compare the southern African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus jubatus) with previously collected craniodental FA measurements from the East African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus raineyi)....
Show moreThe cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) continues to be an object of intensive study with respect to its genetic heterozygosity and its drastic decline in the wild. Fluctuating asymmetry (FA) has been used to evaluate the levels of inbreeding and monomorphism in the cheetah. A measurement of craniodental FA was undertaken to compare the southern African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus jubatus) with previously collected craniodental FA measurements from the East African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus raineyi). Unlike their counterparts, the southern African cheetah did not show significant asymmetry. These findings suggest that fluctuating asymmetry cannot be used as a determination of genetic depletion in cheetahs.
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Date Issued: 2007
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/11598
Subject Headings: Endangered species, Wildlife conservation, Anthropometry, Craniometry
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: The timing of growth spurts in Neanderthals.
Creator: Lupo, Amy C., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description: The timing of skeletal growth spurts in modern humans is unique among mammals. In modern humans, peak growth occurs after puberty during the adolescent period, whereas large-bodied non-human primates exhibit an earlier juvenile growth spurt. Based on limited data, previous researchers have suggested that Neanderthals experienced a late, modern human-like adolescent growth spurt. In this study, I examined the timing of stature and facial growth spurts in Neanderthals to test the hypothesis...
Show moreThe timing of skeletal growth spurts in modern humans is unique among mammals. In modern humans, peak growth occurs after puberty during the adolescent period, whereas large-bodied non-human primates exhibit an earlier juvenile growth spurt. Based on limited data, previous researchers have suggested that Neanderthals experienced a late, modern human-like adolescent growth spurt. In this study, I examined the timing of stature and facial growth spurts in Neanderthals to test the hypothesis that Neanderthals grew like modern humans. In order to assess the timing of Neanderthal growth spurts, I plotted a non-human primate regression estimate of age at puberty onto Neanderthal stature and mandibular velocity growth curves. The mandibular growth curve exhibits a discernible growth spurt after puberty, reminiscent of the modern human adolescent growth spurt. Future research on additional regions of the skeleton is necessary to further refine this estimate for the timing of Neanderthal growth spurts.
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Date Issued: 2010
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/1930487
Subject Headings: Neanderthal race, Human evolution, Fossil hominids, Anthropometry, Physical anthropology
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: OSTEOLOGY OF THE REPUBLIC GROVES SITE (FLORIDA).
Creator: SAUNDERS, LORRAINE P., Florida Atlantic University, Sublett, Audrey J., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description: The osteological material from a disturbed Archaic site (Republic Groves) in west central Florida was analyzed, both metrically and non-metrically, in an attempt to describe the population and its interaction with the environment. The dentition provided the best basis for cultural inferences. Correlation among extreme attrition, periodontal disease, and interproximal grooving was suggested. Frequencies for discrete and continuous cranial and infracranial non-metric traits were analyzed,...
Show moreThe osteological material from a disturbed Archaic site (Republic Groves) in west central Florida was analyzed, both metrically and non-metrically, in an attempt to describe the population and its interaction with the environment. The dentition provided the best basis for cultural inferences. Correlation among extreme attrition, periodontal disease, and interproximal grooving was suggested. Frequencies for discrete and continuous cranial and infracranial non-metric traits were analyzed, although a statistical treatment of the data proved impossible. Cranial and infracranial metrics were also reported. Finally, an attempt was made to interrelate Republic Groves archaeological data with interpretations suggested by other authors in reference to cultural and ethnological information.
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Date Issued: 1972
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13535
Subject Headings: Physical anthropology--Research, Anthropometry--Florida--Methodology
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Title: Validity of the BOD POD(reg) for assessing body composition in male high school athletes.
Creator: Moon, Jordan R., Florida Atlantic University, O'Kroy, Joseph A.
Abstract/Description: The purpose of the present study was to cross-validate the BOD POD (BP) measurements of male high school athletes with those obtained from hydrostatic weighing (HW). Additionally, the percent body fat values measured via near-infrared interactance (NIR), bioelectrical impedance (BIA) and skinfold (SF) were compared to HW to determine the validity of these measures. Thirty male, high school athletes (mean age +/- SD = 15.8 +/- 1.0 yrs) volunteered to have their % fat estimated. The findings...
Show moreThe purpose of the present study was to cross-validate the BOD POD (BP) measurements of male high school athletes with those obtained from hydrostatic weighing (HW). Additionally, the percent body fat values measured via near-infrared interactance (NIR), bioelectrical impedance (BIA) and skinfold (SF) were compared to HW to determine the validity of these measures. Thirty male, high school athletes (mean age +/- SD = 15.8 +/- 1.0 yrs) volunteered to have their % fat estimated. The findings from the present study indicated that the NIR and BIA instruments resulted in total error values that were too large to be of practical value (TE = 11.0 and TE = 6.5% fat, respectively). The BP (TE = 3.8% fat) produced acceptable measures (TE < 4.0% fat), but compared to all SF (TE = < 3.5% fat) estimations, BP was higher. These data suggest that the BP can produce acceptable body fat measures for male high school athletes, but is not superior to SF.
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Date Issued: 2006
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13364
Subject Headings: Athletes, Anthropometry--Methodology, Human body--Composition--Measurement
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Does obesity affect the accuracy of age-at-death estimation using the pubic symphysis and auricular surface?.
Creator: Drew, Jessica L., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description: This study examines whether obesity affects the accuracy of estimating age-at-death as measured by the age-related changes of the pubic symphysis and auricular surfaces. I scored the hip bones of 119 adults of normal body mass and 126 obese adults (total n = 254) using the SucheyBrooks (1990) method for the pubic symphysis and the Buckberry and Chamberlain (2002) method for the auricular surface. Compared to normal weight individuals, obese individuals exhibited greater inaccuracy in age-at...
Show moreThis study examines whether obesity affects the accuracy of estimating age-at-death as measured by the age-related changes of the pubic symphysis and auricular surfaces. I scored the hip bones of 119 adults of normal body mass and 126 obese adults (total n = 254) using the SucheyBrooks (1990) method for the pubic symphysis and the Buckberry and Chamberlain (2002) method for the auricular surface. Compared to normal weight individuals, obese individuals exhibited greater inaccuracy in age-at-death estimates when aged from the auricular surface, but not the pubic symphysis. However, age was estimated with less precision in obese individuals using both methods. Obese males are more likely to be aged inaccurately than obese females. The pubic symphysis method may be the preferred method when estimating age in obese individuals, especially males, but forensic anthropologists should use caution when assessing age-at-death in obese adults using either method.
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Date Issued: 2010
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/1927862
Subject Headings: Obesity, Physiological aspects, Skeletal maturity, Anthropometry, Methodology, Aging, Physiological aspects, Diet in disease
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Title: A comparative analysis of the manifestations of age, sex, and race in the sternal extremity of the rib: A consideration of human skeletal variation.
Creator: Loth, Susan R., Florida Atlantic University, Iscan, M. Yasar, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description: Systematic research on the sternal end of the rib has shown it to be a good site from which to observe and assess human variation in the adult skeleton. The purpose of this study is to analyze the manifestations of age, sex, race, and intercostal variation in the ribs of 136 turn of the century Blacks from the Terry Collection and compare them with samples of contemporary whites (N = 268) and Blacks (N = 89). Morphological analyses revealed pronounced differences between the sexes and races...
Show moreSystematic research on the sternal end of the rib has shown it to be a good site from which to observe and assess human variation in the adult skeleton. The purpose of this study is to analyze the manifestations of age, sex, race, and intercostal variation in the ribs of 136 turn of the century Blacks from the Terry Collection and compare them with samples of contemporary whites (N = 268) and Blacks (N = 89). Morphological analyses revealed pronounced differences between the sexes and races in the aging process. Osteometrically based findings of statistically significant sexual and racial dimorphism led to the development and testing of discriminant function formulae that can allow up to 90% classification accuracy by sex and 68% by race. In conclusion, this research underscores the need to account for sexual and racial differences in the development of demographic methods.
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Date Issued: 1990
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14642
Subject Headings: Ribs--Measurement, Forensic osteology, Blacks--United States--Anthropometry
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Sex Estimation in Subadult Skeletons: A Test of Eight Nonmetric Traits of the Mandible and Ilium.
Creator: Reinman, Alyssa Shiloh, Broadfield, Douglas C., Detwiler, Kate M., Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description: Diagnosing the sex of subadult skeletal material is a difficult task for bioarchaeologists and forensic anthropologists. Metric and nonmetric techniques have been tested utilizing both fetal (Boucher 1957, Weaver 1980) and juvenile (Loth and Henneberg 2001, Weaver 1980) skeletal remains. Some metric techniques show promise in estimating the sex of juvenile skeletons, but most are found to be lacking in adequate accuracies (Holcomb and Konigsberg 1995, Weaver 1980). Nonmetric techniques have...
Show moreDiagnosing the sex of subadult skeletal material is a difficult task for bioarchaeologists and forensic anthropologists. Metric and nonmetric techniques have been tested utilizing both fetal (Boucher 1957, Weaver 1980) and juvenile (Loth and Henneberg 2001, Weaver 1980) skeletal remains. Some metric techniques show promise in estimating the sex of juvenile skeletons, but most are found to be lacking in adequate accuracies (Holcomb and Konigsberg 1995, Weaver 1980). Nonmetric techniques have been found to be more accurate, performing better than chance (Loth and Henneberg 2001, Mittler and Sheridan 1992, Weaver 1980). This study adds to this conversation, utilizing the Hamann-Todd Osteological Collection at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, testing the accuracy of eight nonmetric traits of the subadult mandible and ilium for use in forensic investigations and bioarchaeological research.
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Date Issued: 2015
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004539, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004539
Subject Headings: Anthropometry, Forensic anthropology, Forensic osteology, Human remains (Archaeology), Ilium -- Sex differences, Maxilla -- Sex differences, Physical anthropology
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Re-visiting Briarwoods: Determining reliability of assessing population health from fragmentary remains.
Creator: Pinto, Deborrah C., Florida Atlantic University, Broadfield, Douglas C.
Abstract/Description: The Briarwoods Site (8PA66) was first excavated by Jeffrey M. Mitchem and Dr. Stephen J. Gluckman, from the University of South Florida, in 1980. It was a burial mound with scattered human skeletal fragments on the surface. The salvage excavation had to be expedited due to the fact that a building development on the site was in progress. Iscan and Gomez (1982) suggested that there were skeletal elements recovered that provided evidence for the existence of Paget's disease (Osteitis deformans ...
Show moreThe Briarwoods Site (8PA66) was first excavated by Jeffrey M. Mitchem and Dr. Stephen J. Gluckman, from the University of South Florida, in 1980. It was a burial mound with scattered human skeletal fragments on the surface. The salvage excavation had to be expedited due to the fact that a building development on the site was in progress. Iscan and Gomez (1982) suggested that there were skeletal elements recovered that provided evidence for the existence of Paget's disease (Osteitis deformans ) in the population. However, this study reanalyzes the elements and using new technology such as Computed Tomography scans shows that there was no conclusive evidence of Paget's disease. Instead, the skeletal morphology of the affected bones is comparable to the characteristics of treponemal disease which, unlike Paget's disease, is found in sites contemporaneous to Briarwoods.
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Date Issued: 2004
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13115
Subject Headings: Excavations (Archaeology)--Florida--Gulf Coast, Archaeological expeditions--Florida--Gulf Coast, Paleopathology, Bones--Diseases, Anthropometry, Archaeology--Methodology, Osteitis deformans
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Title: The relationship among commuting, dietary, and exercise behaviors in college students.
Creator: Goodwin, Priscilla N., Florida Atlantic University, Whitehurst, Michael
Abstract/Description: Objective. This study examined the association between commuting time and/or distance and body mass index (BMI), and dietary and exercise behaviors in college students. Methods. Behaviors were assessed using self-report, dietary screeners, and an exercise questionnaire in 400 college students ages 18--35 taking classes on a commuter campus. BMI was determined through measurement of height and weight. Results. Pearson correlations revealed no relationship between commuting time and/or distance...
Show moreObjective. This study examined the association between commuting time and/or distance and body mass index (BMI), and dietary and exercise behaviors in college students. Methods. Behaviors were assessed using self-report, dietary screeners, and an exercise questionnaire in 400 college students ages 18--35 taking classes on a commuter campus. BMI was determined through measurement of height and weight. Results. Pearson correlations revealed no relationship between commuting time and/or distance and BMI, and dietary and exercise behaviors. However, total meals eaten out the week prior and number of meals obtained from any away-from-home food vendors was related to total, saturated, and percent fat in the diet, as well as cholesterol. Conclusion. Commuting distance nor time were related to BMI, dietary or exercise behaviors. Regardless of commuting behaviors, better dietary behaviors should be recommended among college students.
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Date Issued: 2005
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13265
Subject Headings: Commuting college students--Health and hygiene, College students--Attitudes, Health behavior, College students--Recreation, Exercise--Psychological aspects, College students--Anthropometry
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Title: Paleopathology of human remains from the Plaza San Marcos, Quito, Ecuador.
Creator: Graves, Ronda R., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Anthropology
Abstract/Description: Skeletal remains provide an exceptional opportunity to document the biological adaptations that a population undergoes in response to environmental, political and economic changes (Perry, 2007). For over 35 years, bioarchaeological analyses have documented such changes indigenous Ecuadorians. In 2007, Victoria Dominguez excavated remains at the Plaza San Marcos in Quito, Ecuador. I analyzed these remains, documented evidence of pathologic conditions and trauma, and compared this native...
Show moreSkeletal remains provide an exceptional opportunity to document the biological adaptations that a population undergoes in response to environmental, political and economic changes (Perry, 2007). For over 35 years, bioarchaeological analyses have documented such changes indigenous Ecuadorians. In 2007, Victoria Dominguez excavated remains at the Plaza San Marcos in Quito, Ecuador. I analyzed these remains, documented evidence of pathologic conditions and trauma, and compared this native population to other indigenous populations and to European cohorts. My analyses revealed increased violence and pathologic conditions in the Plaza San Marcos population when compared to populations occupying Quito prior to colonization and during Spanish control. Indigenous remains also exhibited more pathologic conditions and trauma than European remains. Historic accounts of life in Quito describe increased violence and hardships for natives following emancipation from Spain. My analyses did not reveal increased interpersonal violence, but did demonstrate evidence of increased general pathologies following independence.
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Date Issued: 2009
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/216408
Subject Headings: Indians of South America, Antiquities, Indians of South America, Anthropometry, Human remains (Archaeology), Paleopathology, Antiquities
Format: Document (PDF)

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