Approaches to the study of developmental variability in human skeletal populations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8315630 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Francis E Johnston (The University of Texas at Austin, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1969 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 335-341 |
| Publication date | 1969-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/ajpa.1330310309 |
| PMID | 4313258 |
| OpenAlex | W2139471295 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 11 |
The study of osteological remains of human populations has moved, in recent years, towards an orientation more in keeping with other developments in the field of human biology. However, many investigators continue to ignore the skeletons of the immature members of their samples, despite the wide range of information offered by the study of developmental patterns. These patterns include linear and proportional growth as well as those which permit studies of the rate of maturation, a parameter useful in many ways. The dynamics of the compact bone layers of long bones permit one to make certain nutritional and epidemiological inferences and afford an approach which extends beyond the traditional “growing years” into adulthood and eventual senescence. The analysis of growth patterns can add increased meaning to human biological variability in archaeological contexts if applied prudently and with a knowledge of developmental processes in the living
Biology · Compact bone · Dynamics (music) · Evolutionary biology · Field (mathematics) · Human bone · Meaning (existential) · Osteology · Sociology · Zoology · Anatomy · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Genetics · Mathematics · Paleopathology and ancient diseases · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Psychology
The Bioarchaeology of Children
Evidence of weaning stress and catch-up growth in the long bones of a Central California Amerindian sample
Cross-population analysis of the growth of long bones and the os coxae of three Early Medieval Austrian populations
Comparison of the mortality profiles of Archaic, Middle Woodland, and Middle Mississippian skeletal populations
Diaphyseal growth in a nineteenth century skeletal sample of subadults from St Thomas' church, Belleville, Ontario
Evaluating human skeletal growth
The Skeletal biology of earlier human populations
Genetics of hand‐wrist ossification
Growth of the long bones of infants and young children at Indian Knoll
The growth and interrelations of skinfolds and brachial tissues in man
Sequence of epiphyseal union, third molar eruption and suture closure in Eskimos and American Indians
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 1971 - 2006 (36) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |