J Braga
Biographic Data
| ID | 52886 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J Braga |
| GIVEN NAMES | J |
| FAMILY NAME | Braga |
| SIGNATURE | BRAGA J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8483-076X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 36 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 320 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 36 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 10 |
Divergent otolithic systems in the inner ear of Paranthropus robustus and Australopithecus africanus
The bony labyrinth of the inner ear houses the sensory end-organs responsible for balance (otolithic system in the utricle and saccule, and semicircular canal system) and hearing (cochlea). Study of the bony labyrinth has revealed considerable morphological diversity in the hominin lineage (semicircular canals and cochleae) and aided in reconstructing essential aspects of primate evolution, including positional behavior, audition, and phylogenic …
Ecomorphological analysis of bovid remains from the Plio-Pleistocene hominin-bearing deposit of Unit P at Kromdraai, South Africa
New craniodental fossils of Paranthropus robustus from Kromdraai, South Africa (2014-2017 excavations)
The Kromdraai early hominin-bearing site. A review of recent findings
Assessing the predictive taxonomic power of the bony labyrinth 3D shape in horses, donkeys and their F1-hybrids
Horses and donkeys have had a far-reaching impact on human history, providing mechanical power for agriculture and transportation. Their F1-hybrids, especially mules, have also been of considerable importance due to their exceptional strength, endurance and resistance. The reconstruction of the respective role that horses, donkeys and mules played in past societies requires prior identification of their osseous elements in archaeological assembla…
Variation in Middle Stone Age mandibular molar enamel-dentine junction topography at Klasies River Main Site assessed by diffeomorphic surface matching
A new method to evaluate 3D spatial patterns within early hominin-bearing sites. An example from Kromdraai (Gauteng Province, South Africa)
Human manual distal phalanges from the Middle Stone Age deposits of Klasies River Main Site, Western Cape Province, South Africa
A geometric morphometric approach to the study of variation of shovel‐shaped incisors
OBJECTIVES: The scoring and analysis of dental nonmetric traits are predominantly accomplished by using the Arizona State University Dental Anthropology System (ASUDAS), a standard protocol based on strict definitions and three-dimensional dental plaques. However, visual scoring, even when controlled by strict definitions of features, visual reference, and the experience of the observer, includes an unavoidable part of subjectivity. In this metho…
Cortical bone distribution in the femoral neck of Paranthropus robustus
Efficacy of diffeomorphic surface matching and 3D geometric morphometrics for taxonomic discrimination of Early Pleistocene hominin mandibular molars
Retracted
Intra‐individual metameric variation expressed at the enamel‐dentine junction of lower post‐canine dentition of South African fossil hominins and modern humans
The distalward increase of metameric variation along the modern human molar row is consistent with the odontogenetic models of molar row structure (inhibitory cascade model). Though much remains to be tested, the variable trends and magnitudes in metamerism in fossil hominins reported here, together with differences in the scale of shape change between modern humans and fossil hominins may provide valuable information regarding functional morphol…
Structural organization and tooth development in a Homo aff. erectus juvenile mandible from the Early Pleistocene site of Garba IV at Melka Kunture, Ethiopian highlands
OBJECTIVES: The immature partial mandible GAR IVE from the c. 1.7 Ma old Garba IV site at Melka Kunture (Upper Awash Basin, Ethiopia), the earliest human representative from a mountain-like environment, represents one of the oldest early Homo specimens bearing a mixed dentition. Following its first description (Condemi, ), we extended the analytical and comparative record of this specimen by providing unreported details about its inner morphology…
Neutron microtomography‐based virtual extraction and analysis of a cercopithecoid partial cranium ( STS 1039) embedded in a breccia fragment from sterkfontein member 4 (South Africa)
The Plio‐Pleistocene karstic sedimentary deposits of Sterkfontein Cave, South Africa, yielded numerous fossil primate specimens embedded in blocks of indurated breccia, including the partial cercopithecoid cranium labelled STS 1039. Because the surrounding matrix masks most of its morphology, the specimen remains taxonomically undetermined. While the use of X‐ray microtomography did not allow extracting any structural information about the specim…
Morphoarchitectural variation in South African fossil cercopithecoid endocasts
Further morphological evidence on South African earliest Homo lower postcanine dentition
Upper third molar internal structural organization and semicircular canal morphology in Plio-Pleistocene South African cercopithecoids
Colloque annuel de la société d’anthropologie de Paris 1838e Réunion scientifique
International audience
Anterior tooth root morphology and size in Neanderthals
A new partial temporal bone of a juvenile hominin from the site of Kromdraai B (South Africa)
Anatomically modern human in Southeast Asia (Laos) by 46 ka
Uncertainties surround the timing of modern human emergence and occupation in East and Southeast Asia. Although genetic and archeological data indicate a rapid migration out of Africa and into Southeast Asia by at least 60 ka, mainland Southeast Asia is notable for its absence of fossil evidence for early modern human occupation. Here we report on a modern human cranium from Tam Pa Ling, Laos, which was recovered from a secure stratigraphic conte…
Comparison of the endocranial ontogenies between chimpanzees and bonobos via temporal regression and spatiotemporal registration
Long anterior mandibular tooth roots in Neanderthals are not the result of their large jaws
Es journées de la Société d’Anthropologie de Paris, 26–28 janvier 2011, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris
Les spondylarthropathies et notamment la spondylarthrite ankylosante sont des atteintes inflammatoires complexes, caractrise des fusions sacro-iliaques et rachidiennes. En palopathologie l'aspect le plus significatif est la colonne de Bambou . Dans notre tude, nous prsenterons deux nouveaux cas mdivaux de spondylarthropathies provenant du cimetire de la chapelle Saint Jean de Todon (Laudun l'Ardoise, Gard). Celle-ci est situe sur l'extrmit Nord-E…
Dental developmental pattern of the Neanderthal child from Roc de Marsal
A new partial temporal bone of a juvenile hominin from the site of Kromdraai B (South Africa)
Brief communication
Affinities and differences in dental maturational patterns between modern humans and Neanderthals remain a matter of discussion. In particular, deciduous teeth are rare for Late Pleistocene humans, and few entire sequences have been detailed for their developmental status. Here, we report the results from the 3D virtual reconstruction and structural analysis of the deciduous lower dentition (nine teeth in situ) of the child from La Madeleine (LM4…
Further morphological evidence on South African earliest Homo lower postcanine dentition
Upper third molar internal structural organization and semicircular canal morphology in Plio-Pleistocene South African cercopithecoids
Anterior tooth root morphology and size in Neanderthals
Comparison of the endocranial ontogenies between chimpanzees and bonobos via temporal regression and spatiotemporal registration
Sexual dimorphism of the human mandible and its association with dental development
The present study investigates whether the human mandible is sexually dimorphic during early postnatal development and whether early dimorphic features persist during subsequent ontogeny. We also examine whether mandibular dimorphism is linked to dimorphism of dental development. Dense CT‐derived mandibular meshes of 84 females and 75 males, ranging from birth to adulthood, were analyzed using geometric morphometric methods. On the basis of the s…
Intra‐individual metameric variation expressed at the enamel‐dentine junction of lower post‐canine dentition of South African fossil hominins and modern humans
The distalward increase of metameric variation along the modern human molar row is consistent with the odontogenetic models of molar row structure (inhibitory cascade model). Though much remains to be tested, the variable trends and magnitudes in metamerism in fossil hominins reported here, together with differences in the scale of shape change between modern humans and fossil hominins may provide valuable information regarding functional morphol…
Long anterior mandibular tooth roots in Neanderthals are not the result of their large jaws
Cortical bone distribution in the femoral neck of Paranthropus robustus
Efficacy of diffeomorphic surface matching and 3D geometric morphometrics for taxonomic discrimination of Early Pleistocene hominin mandibular molars
Morphoarchitectural variation in South African fossil cercopithecoid endocasts
Further data about venous channels in South African Plio-Pleistocene hominids
Neutron microtomography‐based virtual extraction and analysis of a cercopithecoid partial cranium ( STS 1039) embedded in a breccia fragment from sterkfontein member 4 (South Africa)
The Plio‐Pleistocene karstic sedimentary deposits of Sterkfontein Cave, South Africa, yielded numerous fossil primate specimens embedded in blocks of indurated breccia, including the partial cercopithecoid cranium labelled STS 1039. Because the surrounding matrix masks most of its morphology, the specimen remains taxonomically undetermined. While the use of X‐ray microtomography did not allow extracting any structural information about the specim…
Assessing the predictive taxonomic power of the bony labyrinth 3D shape in horses, donkeys and their F1-hybrids
Horses and donkeys have had a far-reaching impact on human history, providing mechanical power for agriculture and transportation. Their F1-hybrids, especially mules, have also been of considerable importance due to their exceptional strength, endurance and resistance. The reconstruction of the respective role that horses, donkeys and mules played in past societies requires prior identification of their osseous elements in archaeological assembla…
Human manual distal phalanges from the Middle Stone Age deposits of Klasies River Main Site, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Structural organization and tooth development in a Homo aff. erectus juvenile mandible from the Early Pleistocene site of Garba IV at Melka Kunture, Ethiopian highlands
OBJECTIVES: The immature partial mandible GAR IVE from the c. 1.7 Ma old Garba IV site at Melka Kunture (Upper Awash Basin, Ethiopia), the earliest human representative from a mountain-like environment, represents one of the oldest early Homo specimens bearing a mixed dentition. Following its first description (Condemi, ), we extended the analytical and comparative record of this specimen by providing unreported details about its inner morphology…
Variation in Middle Stone Age mandibular molar enamel-dentine junction topography at Klasies River Main Site assessed by diffeomorphic surface matching
A geometric morphometric approach to the study of variation of shovel‐shaped incisors
OBJECTIVES: The scoring and analysis of dental nonmetric traits are predominantly accomplished by using the Arizona State University Dental Anthropology System (ASUDAS), a standard protocol based on strict definitions and three-dimensional dental plaques. However, visual scoring, even when controlled by strict definitions of features, visual reference, and the experience of the observer, includes an unavoidable part of subjectivity. In this metho…
Application of non-adult Bayesian dental age assessment methods to skeletal remains
New craniodental fossils of Paranthropus robustus from Kromdraai, South Africa (2014-2017 excavations)
Retracted
The “radiator” bias. A reply to Falk & Gage
La fissura infraorbitalis chez les Hominidés d'âge Plio-Pléistocène
Braga José. La fissura infraorbitalis chez les Hominidés d'âge Plio-Pléistocène. In: Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d'anthropologie de Paris, Nouvelle Série. Tome 8 fascicule 3-4, 1996. pp. 503-510
The “radiator” bias. A reply to Falk & Gage
Further data about venous channels in South African Plio-Pleistocene hominids
Chimpanzee variation facilitates the interpretation of the incisive suture closure in South African Plio-Pleistocene hominids
For a better understanding of early hominid growth patterns, we need to compare skeletal maturation among humans and chimpanzees. This study provides new data on variation of the incisive suture closure in extant species to facilitate the understanding of growth patterns among South African Plio-Pleistocene hominids. The complete anterior closure of the incisive suture occurs early during human life, mostly before birth. In contrast, in chimpanze…
The posterior border of the sphenoid greater wing and its phylogenetic usefulness in human evolution
The elucidation of patterns of cranial skeletal maturation and growth in fossil hominids is possible not only through dental studies but also by mapping different aspects of ossification in both extant African apes and humans. However, knowledge of normal skeletal development in large samples of extant great apes is flimsy. To remedy this situation, this paper offers an extensive survey and thorough discussion of the ossification of the posterior…
A new approach to sexual diagnosis in past populations. Practical adjustments from Van Vark's procedure
Determination of sex is a key aspect in the study of past populations. Bias in skeletal sexing is well known, however, and depends upon the completeness of the skeletal remains and the representativeness of reference samples. In order to correct these difficulties, the authors propose practical adjustments to Van Vark's well-known procedure. Two fundamental aspects are considered to reduce the bias of sex allocation. First, we propose to increase…
A new approach to sexual diagnosis in past populations. Practical adjustments from Van Vark's procedure
Determination of sex is a key aspect in the study of past populations. Bias in skeletal sexing is well known, however, and depends upon the completeness of the skeletal remains and the representativeness of reference samples. In order to correct these difficulties, the authors propose practical adjustments to Van Vark's well-known procedure. Two fundamental aspects are considered to reduce the bias of sex allocation. First, we propose to increase…
Application of non-adult Bayesian dental age assessment methods to skeletal remains
Brief communication
Affinities and differences in dental maturational patterns between modern humans and Neanderthals remain a matter of discussion. In particular, deciduous teeth are rare for Late Pleistocene humans, and few entire sequences have been detailed for their developmental status. Here, we report the results from the 3D virtual reconstruction and structural analysis of the deciduous lower dentition (nine teeth in situ) of the child from La Madeleine (LM4…
Dental developmental pattern of the Neanderthal child from Roc de Marsal
Es journées de la Société d’Anthropologie de Paris, 26–28 janvier 2011, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris
Les spondylarthropathies et notamment la spondylarthrite ankylosante sont des atteintes inflammatoires complexes, caractrise des fusions sacro-iliaques et rachidiennes. En palopathologie l'aspect le plus significatif est la colonne de Bambou . Dans notre tude, nous prsenterons deux nouveaux cas mdivaux de spondylarthropathies provenant du cimetire de la chapelle Saint Jean de Todon (Laudun l'Ardoise, Gard). Celle-ci est situe sur l'extrmit Nord-E…
Sexual dimorphism of the human mandible and its association with dental development
The present study investigates whether the human mandible is sexually dimorphic during early postnatal development and whether early dimorphic features persist during subsequent ontogeny. We also examine whether mandibular dimorphism is linked to dimorphism of dental development. Dense CT‐derived mandibular meshes of 84 females and 75 males, ranging from birth to adulthood, were analyzed using geometric morphometric methods. On the basis of the s…
Anatomically modern human in Southeast Asia (Laos) by 46 ka
Uncertainties surround the timing of modern human emergence and occupation in East and Southeast Asia. Although genetic and archeological data indicate a rapid migration out of Africa and into Southeast Asia by at least 60 ka, mainland Southeast Asia is notable for its absence of fossil evidence for early modern human occupation. Here we report on a modern human cranium from Tam Pa Ling, Laos, which was recovered from a secure stratigraphic conte…
Comparison of the endocranial ontogenies between chimpanzees and bonobos via temporal regression and spatiotemporal registration
Long anterior mandibular tooth roots in Neanderthals are not the result of their large jaws
Colloque annuel de la société d’anthropologie de Paris 1838e Réunion scientifique
International audience
Anterior tooth root morphology and size in Neanderthals
A new partial temporal bone of a juvenile hominin from the site of Kromdraai B (South Africa)
Neutron microtomography‐based virtual extraction and analysis of a cercopithecoid partial cranium ( STS 1039) embedded in a breccia fragment from sterkfontein member 4 (South Africa)
The Plio‐Pleistocene karstic sedimentary deposits of Sterkfontein Cave, South Africa, yielded numerous fossil primate specimens embedded in blocks of indurated breccia, including the partial cercopithecoid cranium labelled STS 1039. Because the surrounding matrix masks most of its morphology, the specimen remains taxonomically undetermined. While the use of X‐ray microtomography did not allow extracting any structural information about the specim…
Morphoarchitectural variation in South African fossil cercopithecoid endocasts
Further morphological evidence on South African earliest Homo lower postcanine dentition
Upper third molar internal structural organization and semicircular canal morphology in Plio-Pleistocene South African cercopithecoids
Retracted
Intra‐individual metameric variation expressed at the enamel‐dentine junction of lower post‐canine dentition of South African fossil hominins and modern humans
The distalward increase of metameric variation along the modern human molar row is consistent with the odontogenetic models of molar row structure (inhibitory cascade model). Though much remains to be tested, the variable trends and magnitudes in metamerism in fossil hominins reported here, together with differences in the scale of shape change between modern humans and fossil hominins may provide valuable information regarding functional morphol…
Structural organization and tooth development in a Homo aff. erectus juvenile mandible from the Early Pleistocene site of Garba IV at Melka Kunture, Ethiopian highlands
OBJECTIVES: The immature partial mandible GAR IVE from the c. 1.7 Ma old Garba IV site at Melka Kunture (Upper Awash Basin, Ethiopia), the earliest human representative from a mountain-like environment, represents one of the oldest early Homo specimens bearing a mixed dentition. Following its first description (Condemi, ), we extended the analytical and comparative record of this specimen by providing unreported details about its inner morphology…
Biology (30 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (26 works) · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (23 works) · Paleontology (18 works) · Evolutionary biology (16 works) · Paleontology (16 works) · Evolution and Paleontology Studies (15 works) · Geography (14 works) · Anatomy (12 works) · Anatomy (12 works)