There is an obstetrical dilemma: misconceptions about the evolution of human childbirth and pelvic form

NDS Grunstra, L Betti, B Fischer… - American journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Compared to other primates, modern humans face high rates of maternal and neonatal
morbidity and mortality during childbirth. Since the early 20th century, this “difficulty” of …

Morphology, evolution, and the whole organism imperative: Why evolutionary questions need multi‐trait evolutionary quantitative genetics

BM Auerbach, KRR Savell… - American Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Since Washburn's New Physical Anthropology, researchers have sought to
understand the complexities of morphological evolution among anatomical regions in …

Woman the hunter: The physiological evidence

C Ocobock, S Lacy - American Anthropologist, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Myths of “Man the Hunter” and male biological superiority persist in interpretations
and reconstructions of human evolution. Although there are uncontroversial average …

[HTML][HTML] Comparing Walker's (2008) skull trait sex estimation standard to proteomic sex estimation for a group of South Asian individuals

LM Rogers, SE Halcrow, T Kleffmann… - Forensic Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
This research assesses the potential for misidentification of sex in individuals of South Asian
ancestry using the Walker (2008) morphological skull sex estimation standard [1] …

Estimating intralimb proportions for commingled remains

D Cao, ER Crema, E Pomeroy - International Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Intralimb proportions provide insights into growth, development, populations history, and
adaptation across human groups. However, the conventional approach of calculating …

Limb segment proportions of prehistoric Jomon hunter-gatherers from fetal life to adolescence: comparison with four other chronological groups from Japan

S Mizushima, K Hirata - Anthropological Science, 2023 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Adult individuals from the Jomon period are known to have upper-and lower-limb skeletons
characterized by relatively longer distal segments (radius and tibia) than their proximal …

[PDF][PDF] Comparison of Osteometric Dimensions of Lower end of Femoral Bone by Side of Femur among Bangladeshi Population

AJ Alim, L Shirin, MS Kabir - Glob Acad J Med Sci, 2023 - gajrc.com
Background: Osteometric dimensions of the femoral bone have significant clinical and
anthropological implications. However, there is a lack of comprehensive data on these …