A5074295875- Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
- Forensic and Genetic Research
- Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes
- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Evolution and Paleontology Studies
- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Morphological variations and asymmetry
- Dermatoglyphics and Human Traits
- Paleopathology and ancient diseases
- Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies
- Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
- Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
- Bone health and osteoporosis research
- dental development and anomalies
- Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
- Osteomyelitis and Bone Disorders Research
- Geological Modeling and Analysis
- Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries
- Art, Technology, and Culture
- Medical Imaging and Analysis
- Growth and nutrition in plants
- Nasal Surgery and Airway Studies
- Geological and Geochemical Analysis
- Child and Animal Learning Development
- Indigenous Studies and Ecology
University of Oxford
1995-2024
University of Coimbra
2012-2023
National Archaeology Museum
2008
The use of crown and root morphology to estimate population relationships has a long history in dental anthropology. Over the past two decades, methods employing within forensic anthropology have been formalized with incorporation statistical models. This paper presents new web-based application (rASUDAS) that estimates ancestry unknown individuals based on their suite tooth traits. utilizes 21 independent traits were scored following Arizona State University Dental Anthropology System...
Abstract Age at death estimation in adult skeletons is hampered, among others, by the unremarkable correlation of bone estimators with chronological age, implementation inappropriate statistical techniques, observer error, and skeletal incompleteness or destruction. Therefore, it beneficial to consider alternative methods assess age skeletons. The decrease mineral density was explored generate a method human remains. A connectionist computational approach, artificial neural networks,...
Sex estimation through visual analysis of the distal humerus can contribute to establishing biological profile an unidentified skeletal individual. Using statistical shape modeling, trochlear constriction open curves and olecranon fossa closed outlines 151 humeri were digitized analyzed. The configurations exhibited strikingly different degrees sexual dimorphism when evaluated using linear discriminant with leave-one-out cross-validation. performed poorly, correctly classifying 63.6%...
Complete and accurate human skeletal inventory is seldom possible in archaeological forensic cases involving severe fragmentation. In such cases, mass comparisons with published references may be used as an alternative to assess completeness but they are too general for a case-by-case routine analysis. The objective solve this issue by creating linear regression equations estimate the total of skeleton based on individual bones.Total adult clavicle, humerus, femur, patella, carpal,...
Abstract Identifying novel medicinal resources in chimpanzee diets has historically presented challenges, requiring extensive behavioral data collection and health monitoring, accompanied by expensive pharmacological analyses. When putative therapeutic self‐medicative behaviors are observed, these events often considered isolated occurrences, with little attention paid to other ingested combination. For chimpanzees, resource combinations could play an important role maintaining well‐being...
Paleoanthropological research focus still devotes most resources to areas generally known be fossil rich instead of a strategy that first maps and identifies possible sites in given region. This leads the paradoxical task planning paleontological campaigns without knowing true extent likely potential each site and, hence, how optimize investment time resources. Yet answer key questions hominin evolution, paleoanthropologists must engage fieldwork targets substantial temporal geographical...
Objective We aimed to evaluate whether the internal structures of human ear have anatomical characteristics that are sufficiently distinctive contribute identification and use in a forensic context. Materials methods After data anonymisation, dataset containing temporal bone CT scans 100 subjects was processed by radiologist who not involved study. Four reference images were selected for each subject. Of original sample, 10 examinations used visual comparison, case case, against patients....
The web-based application rASUDAS, originally based on data from “The Anthropology of Modern Human Teeth,” has been refined since its inception in 2015, undergoing two significant updates. initial alpha version included 12 crown and five root traits. beta expanded the list to 15 traits six latest iteration, rASUDAS2, include four additional along with seven backup traits, allowing for flexibility cases where certain primary like shoveling UI1, cannot be scored, so expression UI2 is utilized....
Abstract The Miocene is a key time in the evolution of African mammals and their ecosystems witnessing origin apes isolation eastern coastal forests through an expanding biogeographic arid corridor. Until recently, however, sites from southeastern regions continent were unknown. Here we report discovery first fossil teeth shoulders Urema Rift Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique, at southern East System. We provide 1) radiometric age determinations fossiliferous Mazamba Formation, 2)...