David Degusta
Biographic Data
| ID | 3741129 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Degusta |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Degusta |
| SIGNATURE | DEGUSTA D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Berkeley |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 84 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Macrovertebrate Paleontology and the Pliocene Habitat of Ardipithecus ramidus
A diverse assemblage of large mammals is spatially and stratigraphically associated with Ardipithecus ramidus at Aramis. The most common species are tragelaphine antelope and colobine monkeys. Analyses of their postcranial remains situate them in a closed habitat. Assessment of dental mesowear, microwear, and stable isotopes from these and a wider range of abundant associated larger mammals indicates that the local habitat at Aramis was predomina…
Cribra orbitalia
Cribra orbitalia, a porous lesion involving the orbital roofs, is one of the most‐studied skeletal pathologies in bioarchaeology, and yet uncertainty still exists regarding its aetiology and significance. In contrast to the hundreds of reports of cribra orbitalia in human skeletal remains, little is known of this condition in non‐human primates. Previously, cribra orbitalia has only been reported in catarrhines, with just two cases in cercopithec…
Methods for inferring paleohabitats from the functional morphology of bovid phalanges
Methods for inferring paleohabitats from discrete traits of the bovid postcranial skeleton
More digging in Mendel's garden
A method for inferring paleohabitats from the functional morphology of bovid astragali
Aubesier 11 is not evidence of Neanderthal conspecific care
Comparative Skeletal Pathology and the Case for Conspecific Care in Middle Pleistocene Hominids
Fijian cannibalism and mortuary ritual
The human skeletal remains from the site of Vunda (AD 800–1600) in Fiji have been interpreted as evidence of cannibalism. The cannibalism hypothesis is tested by examining the modifications of the Vunda skeletal sample. The sample consists of human and non-human bones from a midden context, as well as intact human burials extracted from the midden. Most modifications are more common in the medium mammal sample than in the midden human sample—burn…
Craniometric variation in a population of mantled howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata)
A large body of work on monkey cranial metrics (involving conclusions about interspecific variation, sexual dimorphism, and ontogeny) depends on the assumptions that growth effectively ceases with dental maturity and that intraspecific variation is negligible. We test these assumptions by examining variation in 39 measurements of 166 dentally mature Alouatta palliata skulls from animals found dead on Barro Colorado Island (BCI), Panama. We also i…
Fijian cannibalism
The hypothesis that the human remains from the Navatu midden (50 BC to AD 1900) in Fiji represent cannibalized individuals was tested by an analysis of the skeletal remains. The site includes formal human burials and a separate, contemporaneous midden containing commingled fragmentary human and nonhuman bones. All remains were examined for a variety of modifications. The medium mammal and human remains in the midden have similar modifications: an…
Fijian cannibalism
Skeletal Pathologies in a Population of Alouatta palliata
Brief communication
Brief communication
A prehistoric Native American mandible from a Fremont site (circa AD 1025) in Colorado has a conical pit in the worn occlusal surface of the lower right canine. Natural causes for this modification are ruled out by the presence of internal striae, a finding confirmed by experimental replication. The canine was artificially drilled before the individual's death and is associated with a periapical abscess. This is one of a very few examples of preh…
A method for inferring paleohabitats from the functional morphology of bovid astragali
Comparative Skeletal Pathology and the Case for Conspecific Care in Middle Pleistocene Hominids
Skeletal Pathologies in a Population of Alouatta palliata
Methods for inferring paleohabitats from the functional morphology of bovid phalanges
Aubesier 11 is not evidence of Neanderthal conspecific care
Methods for inferring paleohabitats from discrete traits of the bovid postcranial skeleton
Cribra orbitalia
Cribra orbitalia, a porous lesion involving the orbital roofs, is one of the most‐studied skeletal pathologies in bioarchaeology, and yet uncertainty still exists regarding its aetiology and significance. In contrast to the hundreds of reports of cribra orbitalia in human skeletal remains, little is known of this condition in non‐human primates. Previously, cribra orbitalia has only been reported in catarrhines, with just two cases in cercopithec…
Brief communication
Brief communication
A prehistoric Native American mandible from a Fremont site (circa AD 1025) in Colorado has a conical pit in the worn occlusal surface of the lower right canine. Natural causes for this modification are ruled out by the presence of internal striae, a finding confirmed by experimental replication. The canine was artificially drilled before the individual's death and is associated with a periapical abscess. This is one of a very few examples of preh…
Skeletal Pathologies in a Population of Alouatta palliata
Fijian cannibalism
The hypothesis that the human remains from the Navatu midden (50 BC to AD 1900) in Fiji represent cannibalized individuals was tested by an analysis of the skeletal remains. The site includes formal human burials and a separate, contemporaneous midden containing commingled fragmentary human and nonhuman bones. All remains were examined for a variety of modifications. The medium mammal and human remains in the midden have similar modifications: an…
Fijian cannibalism
Fijian cannibalism and mortuary ritual
The human skeletal remains from the site of Vunda (AD 800–1600) in Fiji have been interpreted as evidence of cannibalism. The cannibalism hypothesis is tested by examining the modifications of the Vunda skeletal sample. The sample consists of human and non-human bones from a midden context, as well as intact human burials extracted from the midden. Most modifications are more common in the medium mammal sample than in the midden human sample—burn…
Craniometric variation in a population of mantled howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata)
A large body of work on monkey cranial metrics (involving conclusions about interspecific variation, sexual dimorphism, and ontogeny) depends on the assumptions that growth effectively ceases with dental maturity and that intraspecific variation is negligible. We test these assumptions by examining variation in 39 measurements of 166 dentally mature Alouatta palliata skulls from animals found dead on Barro Colorado Island (BCI), Panama. We also i…
Comparative Skeletal Pathology and the Case for Conspecific Care in Middle Pleistocene Hominids
More digging in Mendel's garden
A method for inferring paleohabitats from the functional morphology of bovid astragali
Aubesier 11 is not evidence of Neanderthal conspecific care
Methods for inferring paleohabitats from the functional morphology of bovid phalanges
Methods for inferring paleohabitats from discrete traits of the bovid postcranial skeleton
Macrovertebrate Paleontology and the Pliocene Habitat of Ardipithecus ramidus
A diverse assemblage of large mammals is spatially and stratigraphically associated with Ardipithecus ramidus at Aramis. The most common species are tragelaphine antelope and colobine monkeys. Analyses of their postcranial remains situate them in a closed habitat. Assessment of dental mesowear, microwear, and stable isotopes from these and a wider range of abundant associated larger mammals indicates that the local habitat at Aramis was predomina…
Cribra orbitalia
Cribra orbitalia, a porous lesion involving the orbital roofs, is one of the most‐studied skeletal pathologies in bioarchaeology, and yet uncertainty still exists regarding its aetiology and significance. In contrast to the hundreds of reports of cribra orbitalia in human skeletal remains, little is known of this condition in non‐human primates. Previously, cribra orbitalia has only been reported in catarrhines, with just two cases in cercopithec…
Biology (13 works) · Geography (8 works) · Ecology (6 works) · Primate Behavior and Ecology (6 works) · Evolutionary biology (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (5 works) · Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (5 works) · Zoology (5 works) · Archaeology (4 works)