Human skeletal remains from Sabana de Bogotá, Colombia: A case of Paleoamerican morphology late survival in South America?

Numerous studies have used the Howells Peruvian sample from the province of Yauyos as the morphological representative for South America. Although Peru has a rich history of investigations of human skeletal remains, biological distance studies based on craniometrics are limited to nonexistent. This study examines the morphological variation found in Peru using the Howells sample and three additional coastal (Makatampu and Ancón) and highland (Cajamarca) samples. The between-group variation and the degree of among-group differentiation were tested using a canonical discriminant analysis and Mahalanobis D², respectively. All groups are significantly different from the Yauyos sample and results indicate a closer morphological affinity between coastal groups and the two highland groups.

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PROFIL PROGNASI WAJAH BEBERAPA POPULASI DUNIA [Prognation Profile of World Population Faces]

Jurnal Penelitian Arkeologi Papua dan Papua Barat ◽

10.24832/papua.v9i2.210 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 109-118

Author(s):

Toetik Koesbardiati

Keyword(s):

South America ◽

North Africa ◽

Forensic Anthropology ◽

Skeletal Remains ◽

World Population ◽

Human Skeletal Remains ◽

Population Groups ◽

Study Material ◽

The World ◽

The Face

The face is one of the major variables in determining the biological characteristics of a population in the identification effort of human skeletal remains. This is not only important in the field of forensic anthropology but also the field of bioarchaeology. The purpose of this study is to describe the variation of facial angle in some of the world population. The method applied is anthropometry. The study material is the skull of nine world populations of Europe, North Africa, Subsahara Africa, South America, Inuit, Australomelanesia, Indonesia, Polynesia and China. The results showed that among the population tested, Australomelanesoid, Polynesian, Indonesian and African Subsahara populations had a prognathic face both on the even face, as well as the alveolar and facial projection. In contrast, the population groups of China, Europe, Inuit and North Africa are population groups that have faces of orthognath. ABSTRAKWajah adalah salah satu variabel utama dalam menentukan ciri biologis suatu populasi pada usaha identifikasi sisa rangka manusia. Hal ini tidak hanya panting dalam bidang antropologi forensik tetapi juga bidang bioarkeologi. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mendeskripsikan variasi sudut wajah pada beberapa populasi dunia. Metode yang diterapkan adalah antropometri. Bahan penelitian adalah tengkorak dari sembilan populasi dunia yaitu populasi Eropa, Afrika Utara, Afrika Subsahara, Amerika Selatan, Inuit, Australomelanesia, Indonesia, Polinesia dan China. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa diantara populasi yang diuji, populasi Australomelanesoid, Polinesia, Indonesia dan Afrika Subsahara memiliki wajah yang prognath baik pada bagian wajah genap, maupun bagian alveolar serta proyeksi wajah. Sebaliknya kelompok populasi China, Eropa, Inuit dan Afrika Utara adalah kelompok populasi yang memiliki wajah orthognath.

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Bioarchaeological Analysis of the Human Skeletal Remains from the Late Antique Kuća Andrić and Hrvojeva Ulica Sites in Split

Arheološki radovi i rasprave = Acta et dissertationes archaeologicae ◽

10.21857/y54jofk87m ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 19 ◽

pp. 261-284

Author(s):

Vlasta Vyroubal ◽

Željka Bedić

Keyword(s):

Skeletal Remains ◽

Late Antique ◽

Human Skeletal Remains

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Comparison of Two Methods for Isolating DNA from Human Skeletal Remains for STR Analysis

Journal of Forensic Sciences ◽

10.1111/j.1556-4029.2011.02012.x ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 57 (3) ◽

pp. 706-712 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Cynthia Rucinski ◽

Ayda L. Malaver ◽

Emilio J. Yunis ◽

Juan J. Yunis

Keyword(s):

Skeletal Remains ◽

Human Skeletal Remains ◽

Str Analysis

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The elusive parasite: comparing macroscopic, immunological, and genomic approaches to identifying malaria in human skeletal remains from Sayala, Egypt (third to sixth centuries AD)

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences ◽

10.1007/s12520-021-01350-z ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (7) ◽

Author(s):

Alvie Loufouma Mbouaka ◽

Michelle Gamble ◽

Christina Wurst ◽

Heidi Yoko Jäger ◽

Frank Maixner ◽

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Keyword(s):

Diagnostic Tests ◽

Sample Selection ◽

Human Remains ◽

Rapid Diagnostic Tests ◽

Skeletal Remains ◽

Pathological Changes ◽

Human Skeletal Remains ◽

The Past ◽

A Site ◽

Capture Sequencing

AbstractAlthough malaria is one of the oldest and most widely distributed diseases affecting humans, identifying and characterizing its presence in ancient human remains continue to challenge researchers. We attempted to establish a reliable approach to detecting malaria in human skeletons using multiple avenues of analysis: macroscopic observations, rapid diagnostic tests, and shotgun-capture sequencing techniques, to identify pathological changes, Plasmodium antigens, and Plasmodium DNA, respectively. Bone and tooth samples from ten individuals who displayed skeletal lesions associated with anaemia, from a site in southern Egypt (third to sixth centuries AD), were selected. Plasmodium antigens were detected in five of the ten bone samples, and traces of Plasmodium aDNA were detected in six of the twenty bone and tooth samples. There was relatively good synchronicity between the biomolecular findings, despite not being able to authenticate the results. This study highlights the complexity and limitations in the conclusive identification of the Plasmodium parasite in ancient human skeletons. Limitations regarding antigen and aDNA preservation and the importance of sample selection are at the forefront of the search for malaria in the past. We confirm that, currently, palaeopathological changes such as cribra orbitalia are not enough to be certain of the presence of malaria. While biomolecular methods are likely the best chance for conclusive identification, we were unable to obtain results which correspond to the current authentication criteria of biomolecules. This study represents an important contribution in the refinement of biomolecular techniques used; also, it raises new insight regarding the consistency of combining several approaches in the identification of malaria in past populations.

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Profiling of human burned bones: oxidising versus reducing conditions

Scientific Reports ◽

10.1038/s41598-020-80462-3 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

Author(s):

M. P. M. Marques ◽

D. Gonçalves ◽

A. P. Mamede ◽

T. Coutinho ◽

E. Cunha ◽

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Keyword(s):

Inelastic Neutron Scattering ◽

Inelastic Neutron ◽

Skeletal Remains ◽

Anaerobic Conditions ◽

Human Skeletal Remains ◽

Human Bones ◽

Reducing Conditions ◽

Wide Range ◽

Burned Bones ◽

Vibrational Bands

AbstractComplementary optical and neutron-based vibrational spectroscopy techniques (Infrared, Raman and inelastic neutron scattering) were applied to the study of human bones (femur and humerus) burned simultaneously under either aerobic or anaerobic conditions, in a wide range of temperatures (400 to 1000 °C). This is the first INS study of human skeletal remains heated in an oxygen-deprived atmosphere. Clear differences were observed between both types of samples, namely the absence of hydroxyapatite’s OH vibrational bands in bone burned anaerobically (in unsealed containers), coupled to the presence of cyanamide (NCNH2) and portlandite (Ca(OH)2) in these reductive conditions. These results are expected to allow a better understanding of the heat effect on bone´s constituents in distinct environmental settings, thus contributing for an accurate characterisation of both forensic and archaeological human skeletal remains found in distinct scenarios regarding oxygen availability.

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