Katarzyna A Kaszycka
Biographic Data
| ID | 113016 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katarzyna A Kaszycka |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katarzyna A |
| FAMILY NAME | Kaszycka |
| SIGNATURE | KASZYCKA K A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1348-1037 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 55 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Biological Anthropology in Poland: Its History and Short Scientific Biographies of the Contributing Professors
The year 2025 marks exactly one hundred years since the founding of the Polish Anthropological Society in Poznań (November 12, 1925), initiated by Professor Adam Wrzosek of the University of Poznań, who became its first president, as well as the 150th anniversary of Adam Wrzosek’s birth. This year also marks the 120th anniversary of the establishment, on the initiative of Kazimierz Stołyhwo, of the first institution devoted to physical anthropolo…
Conceptualizations of 'race: Surveys of Polish academics on the race concept
Recent studies suggest that race is no longer viewed as a biological category by most anthropologists in the United States, but less empirical work has been carried out in other countries. In this study, we engaged the Polish academic community in anthropology (biological and cultural) and biology by conducting surveys to assess how its members approach and conceptualize race in these disciplines. We surveyed participants (a total of 270 responde…
Atrakcyjność fizyczna - obiektywne i subiektywne składowe oceny
On the basis of face photographs, a team of 50 male judges assessed the physical attractiveness of 64 young women. The consistency of the opinions of the judges was investigated in reference to the attractiveness of the persons being assessed, the relationship of the assessments with morphological facial features - both of the persons being assessed and the observers, and the mutual similarity of the persons defined by the given judge as attracti…
Subiektywna ocena rozmiarów ciała
The subjective estimation of the body dimensions was investigated on 1372 school-children of both sexes aged 11-18 years. The analysis of the consistency of estimations (selfestimations and mutual estimations) with the real values of the particular traits (stature, body weight and hand muscle strength) permitted to draw conclusions referring to the perception of the morphological diversity, of man
Paranthropus robustus
The Australopithecines – An Extinct Group of Human Ancestors: My Scientific Interest in South Africa
I introduce the subject of my research interest in South Africa - the australopithecines - a group of bipedal, small-brained and large-toothed creatures from the Plio-Pleistocene, from which the human genus arose. I then briefly discuss various topics of my research, concerning: (1) Taxonomic status and morphological description of the extinct human relative from the Kromdraai site (Australopithecus robustus); (2) Graphic reconstruction of the pa…
Obituary: Professor Jan Strzałko (1943-2016)
Current Views of European Anthropologists on Race: Influence of Educational and Ideological Background
Significant differences in views on race (once a core anthropological concept) occur between scientists from different countries. In light of the ongoing race debate, we present the concept's current status in Europe. On three occasions in 2002–03, we surveyed European anthropologists' opinions toward the biological race concept. The participants were asked whether they agreed that there are biological races within the species Homo sapiens . A de…
"Race"—Still an Issue for Physical Anthropology? Results of Polish Studies Seen in the Light of the U.S. Findings
The racial paradigm, which became rooted in physical anthropology at its very beginning, was, for decades, treated as a concept needing no verification. It was only in the mid‐20th century that the first attempts were made to question the usefulness of the race concept in describing our species variation. Since then, an ever growing number of anthropologists, particularly in the United States, have rejected the concept (nearly seventy percent in …
Race: Tradition and convenience, or taxonomic reality? More on the race concept in Polish anthropology
Against the background of the race debate and the principal elements of the current understanding of human intraspecific variation, we present the status of the race concept in Polish anthropology. Using questionnaires, we twice surveyed physical anthropologists about their agreement with the statement "There are biological races within the species Homo sapiens." In the 1999 study, 62% of respondents disagreed with race (defined as subspecies) an…
Anthropologists' Attitudes Towards the Concept of Race: The Polish Sample
Phylogenetic systematics perspective and problems with ancestral species - theoretical considerations
The paper summarizes the main assumptions and procedures of phylogenetic systematics (cladistics), and presents problems with identifying common ancestral species from this perspective
Facial growth and remodeling in the australopithecines – a review
The purpose of this paper is to review the previous investigations of the facial growth and remodeling patterns of early hominids (the australopithecines), and to present some of the problems that arise from these kinds of analysis
Koncepcje gatunku: Przegląd i ocena stosowalności do badań materiałów kopalnych
the phylogenetic species concepts. Both: ontological issues (what species are), and epistomological issues (how to recognize species) were discussed
Bibliografia przedmiotowa
Bibliografia przedmiotowa 'Akceleracja, wysokości i ciężaru ciała 178 -wyrzynanie się zębów 206 Antropogeneza, problemy ogólne 103, 109 -znalezisko Homo erectus 311 Antropologia, populacyjna 108 -a filozofia 184 -fizyczna 216 Antropomorfologia, mięśni 196, 198, 259 -serca naczelnych 331 -powięzie u makaka 92 Antropometria, instrumentarium i pomiary 229 Asymetria, ruchu 372 • zakładania rąk 282 Auksologia w praktyce szkolnej 140 ■ Badania antropol…
Bibliografia antropologii polskiej za lata 1981-1985
Uzupełnienie do Bibliografii Antropologii Polskiej 1976-1980
Funkcjonalno-adaptacyjne uwarunkowania zmienności morfologicznej twarzy australopiteków
It has been demonstrated in this paper that the australopithecine species differ in the morphology of their faces [Rak 1983], tooth sizes and proportions, and microscopic dental wear patterns, which are undoubtedly related to dietary habits [Grine, Kay 1988; Kay, Grine 1988]. Changes in diet created'stresses in the face because of the forces connected with chewing actions and powerful masticatory muscles, and the data seem to support the stress h…
Zastosowanie analizy kladystycznej do rekonstrukcji filogenezy hominidów
CLADISTIC ANALYSIS. Phy logenetic relationships among eight hominid taxa (the Australopithecines and Homo) are examined using cladistic techniques. Data on morphological and morphometric characters of fossil hominid crania, mandib les and dentition were collected from the literature. Cladograms were constructed using the PAUP phylogeny program to find the best fitting (maximum parsimony) hypotheses. Two equally the most parsimonious cladograms we…
Physical attractiveness: Interpersonal and intrapersonal variability of assessments
On the basis of face photographs, a team of 50 male judges assessed the physical attractiveness of 64 young women, giving them scores according to two scales (0/1 and 1-10). The attractiveness of each woman was then calculated as the mean value of assessments of all observers. The ratio of intra- to interpersonal variance of assessments was the measure of divergence of the observers' opinions (and its complement to unit was the measure of consist…
Materiał szkieletowy z katedry gnieźnieńskiej (X/XI-XVII wiek)
The Cathedral in Gniezno erected just after the introduction of Christianity in the 10th century A. D. was from the very beginning the place where outstanding personalities (princes, archbishops) were being buried in graves situated in the aisles under the floor. As a result of excavations carried out in the basement of the Cathedral in places indicated in Fig. 1 from 1957 to 1963 and from 1985 to 1987, remains were found of about 100 persons fro…
Zrożnicowanie plio-plejstoceńskich Hominidae III. Konsekwencje taksonomiczne i antropogenetyczne
This work presents the final part of a cycle of articles among which the two latter ones discussed the morphology, ecology and sexual dimorphism of early hominids called Australopithecines. The present part evaluates two different interpretations of hominid phylogeny: multi-species hypothesis and the single species one. The proposals of R. Broom; Louis, Mary and Richard Leakey; J. Robinson, D. Pilbeam and M. Zwell; and D. Johanson and T. White ha…
Zróżnicowanie plio-plejstoceńskich Hominidae. II. Dymorfizm płciowy
On the basis of literature the author presented and discussed the problem of morphological variability in the australopithecines. Particular attention was payed to sexual differences in Hominoids and Hominids and the taxonomic consequences of explaining the variability in the australopithecines by sexual dimorphism
Zróżnicowanie plio-plejstoceńskich Hominidae. I. Charakterystyka morfologiczna i ekologiczna
The work presents contemporary views concerning the morphological and ecological characteristics of the oldest representatives of Hominidae family, the Plio-Pleistocene australopithecine, their dating, taxonomy, and origin. The morphology of these early hominids is characterized by the locomotor system, the masticatory apparatus, body size and brain size. Whereas the traits of the łocomotor system of australopithecines indicate that the forms (sp…
Zmiany w narządzie żucia a remodelowanie kości twarzy
Tensions related to the function of mastication are one of the important factors in formation of bones of the face. The present author has investigated influence of tooth loss (lack of molars) and changes in distribution of forces in bones of the face resulting there from on formation of selected cranioscopic features (fossa canina, sulcus praenasalis, zygomatic notch). A null hypothesis stating that there is no relation between changed distribut…
Current Views of European Anthropologists on Race: Influence of Educational and Ideological Background
Significant differences in views on race (once a core anthropological concept) occur between scientists from different countries. In light of the ongoing race debate, we present the concept's current status in Europe. On three occasions in 2002–03, we surveyed European anthropologists' opinions toward the biological race concept. The participants were asked whether they agreed that there are biological races within the species Homo sapiens . A de…
Anthropologists' Attitudes Towards the Concept of Race: The Polish Sample
Atrakcyjność fizyczna - obiektywne i subiektywne składowe oceny
On the basis of face photographs, a team of 50 male judges assessed the physical attractiveness of 64 young women. The consistency of the opinions of the judges was investigated in reference to the attractiveness of the persons being assessed, the relationship of the assessments with morphological facial features - both of the persons being assessed and the observers, and the mutual similarity of the persons defined by the given judge as attracti…
"Race"—Still an Issue for Physical Anthropology? Results of Polish Studies Seen in the Light of the U.S. Findings
The racial paradigm, which became rooted in physical anthropology at its very beginning, was, for decades, treated as a concept needing no verification. It was only in the mid‐20th century that the first attempts were made to question the usefulness of the race concept in describing our species variation. Since then, an ever growing number of anthropologists, particularly in the United States, have rejected the concept (nearly seventy percent in …
Physical attractiveness: Interpersonal and intrapersonal variability of assessments
On the basis of face photographs, a team of 50 male judges assessed the physical attractiveness of 64 young women, giving them scores according to two scales (0/1 and 1-10). The attractiveness of each woman was then calculated as the mean value of assessments of all observers. The ratio of intra- to interpersonal variance of assessments was the measure of divergence of the observers' opinions (and its complement to unit was the measure of consist…
Race: Tradition and convenience, or taxonomic reality? More on the race concept in Polish anthropology
Against the background of the race debate and the principal elements of the current understanding of human intraspecific variation, we present the status of the race concept in Polish anthropology. Using questionnaires, we twice surveyed physical anthropologists about their agreement with the statement "There are biological races within the species Homo sapiens." In the 1999 study, 62% of respondents disagreed with race (defined as subspecies) an…
Zastosowanie analizy kladystycznej do rekonstrukcji filogenezy hominidów
CLADISTIC ANALYSIS. Phy logenetic relationships among eight hominid taxa (the Australopithecines and Homo) are examined using cladistic techniques. Data on morphological and morphometric characters of fossil hominid crania, mandib les and dentition were collected from the literature. Cladograms were constructed using the PAUP phylogeny program to find the best fitting (maximum parsimony) hypotheses. Two equally the most parsimonious cladograms we…
Materiał szkieletowy z katedry gnieźnieńskiej (X/XI-XVII wiek)
The Cathedral in Gniezno erected just after the introduction of Christianity in the 10th century A. D. was from the very beginning the place where outstanding personalities (princes, archbishops) were being buried in graves situated in the aisles under the floor. As a result of excavations carried out in the basement of the Cathedral in places indicated in Fig. 1 from 1957 to 1963 and from 1985 to 1987, remains were found of about 100 persons fro…
Zrożnicowanie plio-plejstoceńskich Hominidae III. Konsekwencje taksonomiczne i antropogenetyczne
This work presents the final part of a cycle of articles among which the two latter ones discussed the morphology, ecology and sexual dimorphism of early hominids called Australopithecines. The present part evaluates two different interpretations of hominid phylogeny: multi-species hypothesis and the single species one. The proposals of R. Broom; Louis, Mary and Richard Leakey; J. Robinson, D. Pilbeam and M. Zwell; and D. Johanson and T. White ha…
Zróżnicowanie plio-plejstoceńskich Hominidae. II. Dymorfizm płciowy
On the basis of literature the author presented and discussed the problem of morphological variability in the australopithecines. Particular attention was payed to sexual differences in Hominoids and Hominids and the taxonomic consequences of explaining the variability in the australopithecines by sexual dimorphism
Zróżnicowanie plio-plejstoceńskich Hominidae. I. Charakterystyka morfologiczna i ekologiczna
The work presents contemporary views concerning the morphological and ecological characteristics of the oldest representatives of Hominidae family, the Plio-Pleistocene australopithecine, their dating, taxonomy, and origin. The morphology of these early hominids is characterized by the locomotor system, the masticatory apparatus, body size and brain size. Whereas the traits of the łocomotor system of australopithecines indicate that the forms (sp…
Subiektywna ocena rozmiarów ciała
The subjective estimation of the body dimensions was investigated on 1372 school-children of both sexes aged 11-18 years. The analysis of the consistency of estimations (selfestimations and mutual estimations) with the real values of the particular traits (stature, body weight and hand muscle strength) permitted to draw conclusions referring to the perception of the morphological diversity, of man
Obituary: Professor Jan Strzałko (1943-2016)
Phylogenetic systematics perspective and problems with ancestral species - theoretical considerations
The paper summarizes the main assumptions and procedures of phylogenetic systematics (cladistics), and presents problems with identifying common ancestral species from this perspective
Koncepcje gatunku: Przegląd i ocena stosowalności do badań materiałów kopalnych
the phylogenetic species concepts. Both: ontological issues (what species are), and epistomological issues (how to recognize species) were discussed
Funkcjonalno-adaptacyjne uwarunkowania zmienności morfologicznej twarzy australopiteków
It has been demonstrated in this paper that the australopithecine species differ in the morphology of their faces [Rak 1983], tooth sizes and proportions, and microscopic dental wear patterns, which are undoubtedly related to dietary habits [Grine, Kay 1988; Kay, Grine 1988]. Changes in diet created'stresses in the face because of the forces connected with chewing actions and powerful masticatory muscles, and the data seem to support the stress h…
Zmiany w narządzie żucia a remodelowanie kości twarzy
Tensions related to the function of mastication are one of the important factors in formation of bones of the face. The present author has investigated influence of tooth loss (lack of molars) and changes in distribution of forces in bones of the face resulting there from on formation of selected cranioscopic features (fossa canina, sulcus praenasalis, zygomatic notch). A null hypothesis stating that there is no relation between changed distribut…
Zróżnicowanie plio-plejstoceńskich Hominidae. I. Charakterystyka morfologiczna i ekologiczna
The work presents contemporary views concerning the morphological and ecological characteristics of the oldest representatives of Hominidae family, the Plio-Pleistocene australopithecine, their dating, taxonomy, and origin. The morphology of these early hominids is characterized by the locomotor system, the masticatory apparatus, body size and brain size. Whereas the traits of the łocomotor system of australopithecines indicate that the forms (sp…
Zróżnicowanie plio-plejstoceńskich Hominidae. II. Dymorfizm płciowy
On the basis of literature the author presented and discussed the problem of morphological variability in the australopithecines. Particular attention was payed to sexual differences in Hominoids and Hominids and the taxonomic consequences of explaining the variability in the australopithecines by sexual dimorphism
Zrożnicowanie plio-plejstoceńskich Hominidae III. Konsekwencje taksonomiczne i antropogenetyczne
This work presents the final part of a cycle of articles among which the two latter ones discussed the morphology, ecology and sexual dimorphism of early hominids called Australopithecines. The present part evaluates two different interpretations of hominid phylogeny: multi-species hypothesis and the single species one. The proposals of R. Broom; Louis, Mary and Richard Leakey; J. Robinson, D. Pilbeam and M. Zwell; and D. Johanson and T. White ha…
Materiał szkieletowy z katedry gnieźnieńskiej (X/XI-XVII wiek)
The Cathedral in Gniezno erected just after the introduction of Christianity in the 10th century A. D. was from the very beginning the place where outstanding personalities (princes, archbishops) were being buried in graves situated in the aisles under the floor. As a result of excavations carried out in the basement of the Cathedral in places indicated in Fig. 1 from 1957 to 1963 and from 1985 to 1987, remains were found of about 100 persons fro…
Physical attractiveness: Interpersonal and intrapersonal variability of assessments
On the basis of face photographs, a team of 50 male judges assessed the physical attractiveness of 64 young women, giving them scores according to two scales (0/1 and 1-10). The attractiveness of each woman was then calculated as the mean value of assessments of all observers. The ratio of intra- to interpersonal variance of assessments was the measure of divergence of the observers' opinions (and its complement to unit was the measure of consist…
Zastosowanie analizy kladystycznej do rekonstrukcji filogenezy hominidów
CLADISTIC ANALYSIS. Phy logenetic relationships among eight hominid taxa (the Australopithecines and Homo) are examined using cladistic techniques. Data on morphological and morphometric characters of fossil hominid crania, mandib les and dentition were collected from the literature. Cladograms were constructed using the PAUP phylogeny program to find the best fitting (maximum parsimony) hypotheses. Two equally the most parsimonious cladograms we…
Funkcjonalno-adaptacyjne uwarunkowania zmienności morfologicznej twarzy australopiteków
It has been demonstrated in this paper that the australopithecine species differ in the morphology of their faces [Rak 1983], tooth sizes and proportions, and microscopic dental wear patterns, which are undoubtedly related to dietary habits [Grine, Kay 1988; Kay, Grine 1988]. Changes in diet created'stresses in the face because of the forces connected with chewing actions and powerful masticatory muscles, and the data seem to support the stress h…
Bibliografia przedmiotowa
Bibliografia przedmiotowa 'Akceleracja, wysokości i ciężaru ciała 178 -wyrzynanie się zębów 206 Antropogeneza, problemy ogólne 103, 109 -znalezisko Homo erectus 311 Antropologia, populacyjna 108 -a filozofia 184 -fizyczna 216 Antropomorfologia, mięśni 196, 198, 259 -serca naczelnych 331 -powięzie u makaka 92 Antropometria, instrumentarium i pomiary 229 Asymetria, ruchu 372 • zakładania rąk 282 Auksologia w praktyce szkolnej 140 ■ Badania antropol…
Bibliografia antropologii polskiej za lata 1981-1985
Uzupełnienie do Bibliografii Antropologii Polskiej 1976-1980
Koncepcje gatunku: Przegląd i ocena stosowalności do badań materiałów kopalnych
the phylogenetic species concepts. Both: ontological issues (what species are), and epistomological issues (how to recognize species) were discussed
Facial growth and remodeling in the australopithecines – a review
The purpose of this paper is to review the previous investigations of the facial growth and remodeling patterns of early hominids (the australopithecines), and to present some of the problems that arise from these kinds of analysis
Phylogenetic systematics perspective and problems with ancestral species - theoretical considerations
The paper summarizes the main assumptions and procedures of phylogenetic systematics (cladistics), and presents problems with identifying common ancestral species from this perspective
Anthropologists' Attitudes Towards the Concept of Race: The Polish Sample
"Race"—Still an Issue for Physical Anthropology? Results of Polish Studies Seen in the Light of the U.S. Findings
The racial paradigm, which became rooted in physical anthropology at its very beginning, was, for decades, treated as a concept needing no verification. It was only in the mid‐20th century that the first attempts were made to question the usefulness of the race concept in describing our species variation. Since then, an ever growing number of anthropologists, particularly in the United States, have rejected the concept (nearly seventy percent in …
Race: Tradition and convenience, or taxonomic reality? More on the race concept in Polish anthropology
Against the background of the race debate and the principal elements of the current understanding of human intraspecific variation, we present the status of the race concept in Polish anthropology. Using questionnaires, we twice surveyed physical anthropologists about their agreement with the statement "There are biological races within the species Homo sapiens." In the 1999 study, 62% of respondents disagreed with race (defined as subspecies) an…
Current Views of European Anthropologists on Race: Influence of Educational and Ideological Background
Significant differences in views on race (once a core anthropological concept) occur between scientists from different countries. In light of the ongoing race debate, we present the concept's current status in Europe. On three occasions in 2002–03, we surveyed European anthropologists' opinions toward the biological race concept. The participants were asked whether they agreed that there are biological races within the species Homo sapiens . A de…
Obituary: Professor Jan Strzałko (1943-2016)
Paranthropus robustus
The Australopithecines – An Extinct Group of Human Ancestors: My Scientific Interest in South Africa
I introduce the subject of my research interest in South Africa - the australopithecines - a group of bipedal, small-brained and large-toothed creatures from the Plio-Pleistocene, from which the human genus arose. I then briefly discuss various topics of my research, concerning: (1) Taxonomic status and morphological description of the extinct human relative from the Kromdraai site (Australopithecus robustus); (2) Graphic reconstruction of the pa…
Atrakcyjność fizyczna - obiektywne i subiektywne składowe oceny
On the basis of face photographs, a team of 50 male judges assessed the physical attractiveness of 64 young women. The consistency of the opinions of the judges was investigated in reference to the attractiveness of the persons being assessed, the relationship of the assessments with morphological facial features - both of the persons being assessed and the observers, and the mutual similarity of the persons defined by the given judge as attracti…
Subiektywna ocena rozmiarów ciała
The subjective estimation of the body dimensions was investigated on 1372 school-children of both sexes aged 11-18 years. The analysis of the consistency of estimations (selfestimations and mutual estimations) with the real values of the particular traits (stature, body weight and hand muscle strength) permitted to draw conclusions referring to the perception of the morphological diversity, of man
Biological Anthropology in Poland: Its History and Short Scientific Biographies of the Contributing Professors
The year 2025 marks exactly one hundred years since the founding of the Polish Anthropological Society in Poznań (November 12, 1925), initiated by Professor Adam Wrzosek of the University of Poznań, who became its first president, as well as the 150th anniversary of Adam Wrzosek’s birth. This year also marks the 120th anniversary of the establishment, on the initiative of Kazimierz Stołyhwo, of the first institution devoted to physical anthropolo…
Conceptualizations of 'race: Surveys of Polish academics on the race concept
Recent studies suggest that race is no longer viewed as a biological category by most anthropologists in the United States, but less empirical work has been carried out in other countries. In this study, we engaged the Polish academic community in anthropology (biological and cultural) and biology by conducting surveys to assess how its members approach and conceptualize race in these disciplines. We surveyed participants (a total of 270 responde…
Biology (11 works) · Evolution and Paleontology Studies (7 works) · Evolutionary biology (7 works) · Zoology (7 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Race, Genetics, and Society (6 works) · Anatomy (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Paleontology (5 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (5 works)