Affinities between contemporary and skeletal Jewish and non‐Jewish groups based on tooth morphology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8316591 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeffrey A Sofaer, Patricia Smith (0000-0003-0717-2967, Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Edith Kaye (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 70 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 265-275 |
| Publication date | 1986-06-01 |
| 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.1330700212 |
| PMID | 3740251 |
| OpenAlex | W1976910282 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 38 |
| References cited | 13 |
Samples from five Jewish and six non‐Jewish populations were compared in terms of the frequencies of 19 dental morphological variables. All but one of the samples came from Europe, North Africa, or the Middle East. Nine were from contemporary populations, and two were skeletal. Of the skeletal groups, one was Jewish, excavated on Mount Zion, Jerusalem, and dated at around 3,000 years old; and the other non‐Jewish, excavated on the east coast of Australia, and dated at between 1,000 and 200 years old. Assessment of affinity between the different groups was based on smallest space analysis and cluster analysis. The results demonstrated relative proximity of the Jewish groups (with one exception), despite the fact that they came from a wide geographical area. In particular, the sample from Mount Zion showed greater affinity with three of the four living Jewish populations than with most non‐Jewish groups. The skeletal Australian sample formed a cluster of its own, distinct from all the other groups. For six of the groups, the relationships based on tooth morphology showed good correspondence with known relationships based on single locus polymorphisms. The similarity of the Jewish groups to each other in terms of both tooth morphology and single locus polymorphisms was of special interest, since differences in other morphological and anthropometric characteristics, thought to be the result of selection, are known to exist between the Jewish populations
Affinities · Archaeology · Biology · Evolutionary biology · Geography · Judaism · Locus (genetics) · Middle East · Morphology (biology) · Sociology · Zoology · Demography · dental development and anomalies · Forensic and Genetic Research · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Genetics
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| Unique citing works | 38 |
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| Citations per year | 1,03 |
| Citation span | 1989 - 2025 (37) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 26 |