Donovan M Adams
Biographic Data
| ID | 667242 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Donovan M Adams |
| GIVEN NAMES | Donovan M |
| FAMILY NAME | Adams |
| SIGNATURE | ADAMS D M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Central Florida |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4202-1849 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Deconstructing Biological Sex by Fuzzifying Osteological Sex: Implications for Theoretically Informed Practice
Sex and Gender in Human Skeletal Biology: Slow Movement Beyond the Binary
Despite advancing discussions to move beyond sex and gender binaries in human skeletal biology, including in forensic anthropology and bioarchaeology, such binaries largely persist in praxis and pedagogy. This article explores the perspectives and practices that have hindered feminist and queer approaches to advance sex-/gender-expansive research in human skeletal biology with an emphasis on forensic anthropology. These hindrances include a histo…
Dietary habits and subsistence practices at Early Bronze age Karataş-Semayük, southwest Anatolia
Speaking Truth to Power: Toward a Forensic Anthropology of Advocacy and Activism
Over the years, the field of forensic anthropology has become more diverse, bringing unique perspectives to a previously homogeneous field. This diversification has been accompanied by recognizing the need for advocacy and activism in an effort to support the communities we serve: marginalized communities that are often overrepresented in the forensic population. As such, forensic anthropologists see the downstream effects of colonialism, white s…
Shifting the Forensic Anthropological Paradigm to Incorporate the Transgender and Gender Diverse Community
Forensic anthropology and, more broadly, the forensic sciences have only recently begun to acknowledge the importance of lived gender identity in the resolution of forensic cases, the epidemic of anti-transgender violence, and the need to seek practical solutions. The current literature suggests that forensic anthropologists are becoming aware of these issues and are working toward efforts to improve identification of transgender and gender diver…
A conversation on redefining ethical considerations in forensic anthropology
Perceptions of Race and Ancestry in Teaching, Research, and Public Engagement in Biological Anthropology
The concept of race has a complex history in the field of biological anthropology. Despite increased recognition of the racist origins of the discipline, there remains little agreement about what the concept means, how it is used, or how it is discussed. This study presents the results of a survey of biological anthropologists to investigate the relationship of biological anthropologists with race and ancestry. The survey focuses on the areas of …
Perceptions of Race and Ancestry in Teaching, Research, and Public Engagement in Biological Anthropology
The concept of race has a complex history in the field of biological anthropology. Despite increased recognition of the racist origins of the discipline, there remains little agreement about what the concept means, how it is used, or how it is discussed. This study presents the results of a survey of biological anthropologists to investigate the relationship of biological anthropologists with race and ancestry. The survey focuses on the areas of …
The (Mis)appropriation of Biological Anthropology in Race Science and the Implications for Forensic Anthropology
Most biological anthropologists acknowledge that phenotypic human variation is distinct from human race. However, there is the potential for the research on human variation to be (mis)interpreted by the public as a reification of biological races. To explore this possible misuse, this study is a content analysis of articles (n = 1146) in the prominent race science journals Mankind Quarterly; The Journal of Social, Political, and Economic Studies;…
Impact of population‐specific dental development on age estimation using dental atlases
OBJECTIVES: The steady development and subsequent eruption of the dentition is particularly useful for the estimation of age in juveniles. There are few studies that examine and test methods on a population-diverse sample. Our goal is to test the Ubelaker () and London Atlas (2010) dental charts on a sample representing several different population backgrounds to infer if refinement for population-specific standards should be developed. MATERIALS…
Sex Estimation from Dental Crown and Cervical Metrics in a Contemporary Japanese Sample
Few sex estimation methods have been developed for East Asian populations in forensic anthropology. Furthermore, odontometric techniques, particularly including cervical measurements, are underutilized by forensic anthropologists in the construction of the biological profile. This research evaluates the use of logistic regression and linear discriminant function analysis with standard crown and cervical measurements of the dentition for the estim…
Global Distribution of Marginal Accessory Tubercles of the Maxillary Premolars
The present study assesses the global distribution of marginal accessory tubercles of the maxillary premolars. This trait, despite constituting one of the variables standardized by Turner and colleagues (1991), has received little attention in morphological studies. Frequencies were calculated from data sheets collected by Christy G. Turner II for mesial, distal, and mesial + distal grades. Different geographic patterns were identified for both t…
Standard Dimensions and Definitions for the Human Palate
The palate can be an informative region of the skeleton, especially with regard to the estimation of sex and ancestry. However, few standard definitions exist for both the region and the measurements that can be derived from it. To be able to compare results across studies, researchers must be confident that the data compared are complementary. This article seeks to establish both a standard definition for the dental arcade-palate region and to c…
The effects of experimental freeze-thaw cycles to bone as a component of subaerial weathering
Northern exposure: Mandibular torus in the Greenlandic Norse and the whole wide world
OBJECTIVES: In the first issue of the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, E.A. Hooton noted the expression of Eskimoid characteristics in the Icelandic skull, one of which was mandibular torus. Our goal is to evaluate this trait in another North Atlantic population, the Greenlandic Norse. MATERIALS AND METHODS: An investigation of mandibular torus was carried out on all Greenlandic Norse skeletons disinterred up to 1986 (n = 109), along wi…
Shifting the Forensic Anthropological Paradigm to Incorporate the Transgender and Gender Diverse Community
Forensic anthropology and, more broadly, the forensic sciences have only recently begun to acknowledge the importance of lived gender identity in the resolution of forensic cases, the epidemic of anti-transgender violence, and the need to seek practical solutions. The current literature suggests that forensic anthropologists are becoming aware of these issues and are working toward efforts to improve identification of transgender and gender diver…
A conversation on redefining ethical considerations in forensic anthropology
Speaking Truth to Power: Toward a Forensic Anthropology of Advocacy and Activism
Over the years, the field of forensic anthropology has become more diverse, bringing unique perspectives to a previously homogeneous field. This diversification has been accompanied by recognizing the need for advocacy and activism in an effort to support the communities we serve: marginalized communities that are often overrepresented in the forensic population. As such, forensic anthropologists see the downstream effects of colonialism, white s…
The effects of experimental freeze-thaw cycles to bone as a component of subaerial weathering
The (Mis)appropriation of Biological Anthropology in Race Science and the Implications for Forensic Anthropology
Most biological anthropologists acknowledge that phenotypic human variation is distinct from human race. However, there is the potential for the research on human variation to be (mis)interpreted by the public as a reification of biological races. To explore this possible misuse, this study is a content analysis of articles (n = 1146) in the prominent race science journals Mankind Quarterly; The Journal of Social, Political, and Economic Studies;…
Impact of population‐specific dental development on age estimation using dental atlases
OBJECTIVES: The steady development and subsequent eruption of the dentition is particularly useful for the estimation of age in juveniles. There are few studies that examine and test methods on a population-diverse sample. Our goal is to test the Ubelaker () and London Atlas (2010) dental charts on a sample representing several different population backgrounds to infer if refinement for population-specific standards should be developed. MATERIALS…
Sex Estimation from Dental Crown and Cervical Metrics in a Contemporary Japanese Sample
Few sex estimation methods have been developed for East Asian populations in forensic anthropology. Furthermore, odontometric techniques, particularly including cervical measurements, are underutilized by forensic anthropologists in the construction of the biological profile. This research evaluates the use of logistic regression and linear discriminant function analysis with standard crown and cervical measurements of the dentition for the estim…
Global Distribution of Marginal Accessory Tubercles of the Maxillary Premolars
The present study assesses the global distribution of marginal accessory tubercles of the maxillary premolars. This trait, despite constituting one of the variables standardized by Turner and colleagues (1991), has received little attention in morphological studies. Frequencies were calculated from data sheets collected by Christy G. Turner II for mesial, distal, and mesial + distal grades. Different geographic patterns were identified for both t…
The effects of experimental freeze-thaw cycles to bone as a component of subaerial weathering
Northern exposure: Mandibular torus in the Greenlandic Norse and the whole wide world
OBJECTIVES: In the first issue of the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, E.A. Hooton noted the expression of Eskimoid characteristics in the Icelandic skull, one of which was mandibular torus. Our goal is to evaluate this trait in another North Atlantic population, the Greenlandic Norse. MATERIALS AND METHODS: An investigation of mandibular torus was carried out on all Greenlandic Norse skeletons disinterred up to 1986 (n = 109), along wi…
Standard Dimensions and Definitions for the Human Palate
The palate can be an informative region of the skeleton, especially with regard to the estimation of sex and ancestry. However, few standard definitions exist for both the region and the measurements that can be derived from it. To be able to compare results across studies, researchers must be confident that the data compared are complementary. This article seeks to establish both a standard definition for the dental arcade-palate region and to c…
Impact of population‐specific dental development on age estimation using dental atlases
OBJECTIVES: The steady development and subsequent eruption of the dentition is particularly useful for the estimation of age in juveniles. There are few studies that examine and test methods on a population-diverse sample. Our goal is to test the Ubelaker () and London Atlas (2010) dental charts on a sample representing several different population backgrounds to infer if refinement for population-specific standards should be developed. MATERIALS…
Sex Estimation from Dental Crown and Cervical Metrics in a Contemporary Japanese Sample
Few sex estimation methods have been developed for East Asian populations in forensic anthropology. Furthermore, odontometric techniques, particularly including cervical measurements, are underutilized by forensic anthropologists in the construction of the biological profile. This research evaluates the use of logistic regression and linear discriminant function analysis with standard crown and cervical measurements of the dentition for the estim…
Global Distribution of Marginal Accessory Tubercles of the Maxillary Premolars
The present study assesses the global distribution of marginal accessory tubercles of the maxillary premolars. This trait, despite constituting one of the variables standardized by Turner and colleagues (1991), has received little attention in morphological studies. Frequencies were calculated from data sheets collected by Christy G. Turner II for mesial, distal, and mesial + distal grades. Different geographic patterns were identified for both t…
Perceptions of Race and Ancestry in Teaching, Research, and Public Engagement in Biological Anthropology
The concept of race has a complex history in the field of biological anthropology. Despite increased recognition of the racist origins of the discipline, there remains little agreement about what the concept means, how it is used, or how it is discussed. This study presents the results of a survey of biological anthropologists to investigate the relationship of biological anthropologists with race and ancestry. The survey focuses on the areas of …
Perceptions of Race and Ancestry in Teaching, Research, and Public Engagement in Biological Anthropology
The concept of race has a complex history in the field of biological anthropology. Despite increased recognition of the racist origins of the discipline, there remains little agreement about what the concept means, how it is used, or how it is discussed. This study presents the results of a survey of biological anthropologists to investigate the relationship of biological anthropologists with race and ancestry. The survey focuses on the areas of …
The (Mis)appropriation of Biological Anthropology in Race Science and the Implications for Forensic Anthropology
Most biological anthropologists acknowledge that phenotypic human variation is distinct from human race. However, there is the potential for the research on human variation to be (mis)interpreted by the public as a reification of biological races. To explore this possible misuse, this study is a content analysis of articles (n = 1146) in the prominent race science journals Mankind Quarterly; The Journal of Social, Political, and Economic Studies;…
A conversation on redefining ethical considerations in forensic anthropology
Shifting the Forensic Anthropological Paradigm to Incorporate the Transgender and Gender Diverse Community
Forensic anthropology and, more broadly, the forensic sciences have only recently begun to acknowledge the importance of lived gender identity in the resolution of forensic cases, the epidemic of anti-transgender violence, and the need to seek practical solutions. The current literature suggests that forensic anthropologists are becoming aware of these issues and are working toward efforts to improve identification of transgender and gender diver…
Speaking Truth to Power: Toward a Forensic Anthropology of Advocacy and Activism
Over the years, the field of forensic anthropology has become more diverse, bringing unique perspectives to a previously homogeneous field. This diversification has been accompanied by recognizing the need for advocacy and activism in an effort to support the communities we serve: marginalized communities that are often overrepresented in the forensic population. As such, forensic anthropologists see the downstream effects of colonialism, white s…
Dietary habits and subsistence practices at Early Bronze age Karataş-Semayük, southwest Anatolia
Deconstructing Biological Sex by Fuzzifying Osteological Sex: Implications for Theoretically Informed Practice
Sex and Gender in Human Skeletal Biology: Slow Movement Beyond the Binary
Despite advancing discussions to move beyond sex and gender binaries in human skeletal biology, including in forensic anthropology and bioarchaeology, such binaries largely persist in praxis and pedagogy. This article explores the perspectives and practices that have hindered feminist and queer approaches to advance sex-/gender-expansive research in human skeletal biology with an emphasis on forensic anthropology. These hindrances include a histo…
Sociology (6 works) · Anthropology (5 works) · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (5 works) · Forensic and Genetic Research (4 works) · Forensic anthropology (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Race, Genetics, and Society (4 works) · Biological anthropology (3 works) · Mathematics (3 works) · Medicine (3 works)