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Celebrating Luckett and Szalay (1975)—Phylogeny of the Primates: A Multidisciplinary Approach 庆祝Luckett和Szalay(1975) -灵长类动物的系统发育:一个多学科的方法
IF 2 2区 生物学 Q1 ANTHROPOLOGY Pub Date : 2025-11-13 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.70162
Alfred L. Rosenberger

Luckett and Szalay's edited volume Phylogeny of the Primates appeared 50 years ago. It was a revolutionary publication that introduced primatology and paleoanthropology to the methods of cladistic analysis while addressing major questions concerning phylogeny, evolution, and adaptation. It established the importance of phylogeny as an essential basis for research in primatology and biological anthropology and unequivocally corroborated the hypothesis that the living primate radiations reflect a major division of the order into two differentiating clades: strepsirhines and haplorhines.

Luckett和Szalay编辑的《灵长类动物的系统发育》出版于50年前。这是一本革命性的出版物,介绍了灵长类学和古人类学的分支分析方法,同时解决了有关系统发育、进化和适应的主要问题。它确立了系统发育的重要性,作为灵长类学和生物人类学研究的重要基础,并明确证实了现存灵长类动物的辐射反映了该目主要分为两个不同的分支:链式和单式。
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Exploring the Relationship Between Mandibular Morphology, Dental Eruption, and Chronological Age in Modern Human Juveniles Through Geometric Morphometrics 通过几何形态计量学探索现代人类青少年下颌形态、牙出牙和实足年龄之间的关系。
IF 2 2区 生物学 Q1 ANTHROPOLOGY Pub Date : 2025-11-12 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.70155
Tannistha Chakraborty, Julie Arnaud, Costantino Buzi

Objective

This study investigated how mandibular morphological shape and dental eruption patterns reflect chronological age in modern human juveniles, using geometric morphometrics. The aim was to assess their variation, covariation, and the accuracy of classifying individuals into age-based groups using combined shape information.

Materials and Methods

Computed tomography scans from a sex-balanced sample of 48 individuals, aged 4 to 13 years, sourced from the New Mexico Decedent Image Database, were used to generate 3D models of mandibular bodies and permanent dentition (incisors, canines, premolars, and first molars). Mandibular and dental morphology were analyzed using 3D landmark-based methods. Generalized Procrustes Analysis and Principal Component Analysis (PCA) assessed shape variability. Two-block partial least squares analysis evaluated covariation and linear regression tested the age estimation protocol.

Results

PCA of combined proxies revealed distinct morphological changes in the mandible corresponding to different phases of dental eruption. In contrast, analyses of separated proxies exhibited high variability, limiting their reliability. The combined configuration demonstrated a strong association between mandibular shape and dental eruption patterns, aligning closely with the chronological ages of individuals in the sample.

Discussion

This study highlights the utility of integrating mandibular shape variation with dental eruption as an effective approach for capturing consistent morphological changes during growth. The combined proxies exhibit strong statistical relations with chronological age and reliably identify developmental change (shape change) even within narrow age brackets of 3–6 months, providing a foundation for the development of a standardized age estimation protocol.

目的:利用几何形态计量学研究现代人类青少年下颌骨形态形态和出牙模式对年龄的反映。目的是评估他们的变异,协变,以及使用组合形状信息将个体分类为基于年龄的群体的准确性。材料和方法:来自新墨西哥州死者图像数据库的48名年龄在4至13岁的性别平衡样本的计算机断层扫描用于生成下颌骨体和永久牙列(门牙、犬齿、前磨牙和第一磨牙)的3D模型。采用基于三维地标的方法分析下颌和牙齿形态。广义Procrustes分析和主成分分析(PCA)评估形状变异性。双块偏最小二乘分析评估协变,线性回归测试年龄估计方案。结果:主成分分析结果显示,不同阶段的萌牙对下颌骨有明显的形态学改变。相比之下,分离代理的分析表现出高可变性,限制了它们的可靠性。组合的结构证明了下颌骨形状和牙齿出牙模式之间的强烈联系,与样本中个体的实际年龄密切相关。讨论:本研究强调了整合下颌形状变化与牙萌的效用,作为捕获生长过程中一致形态变化的有效方法。综合代理与实足年龄表现出很强的统计关系,即使在3-6个月的狭窄年龄组内也能可靠地识别发育变化(形状变化),为标准化年龄估计方案的开发提供了基础。
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Toward a Biocultural Synthesis of the Peopling of the Americas: Introduction to the Special Issue Hacia una síntesis biocultural del poblamiento de las Américas: introducción al número especial Rumo a uma síntese biocultural do povoamento das Américas: introdução ao número especial 迈向美洲人的生物文化综合:特刊导论。
IF 2 2区 生物学 Q1 ANTHROPOLOGY Pub Date : 2025-11-11 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.70160
Lumila Paula Menéndez, Mark Hubbe

This article introduces the special issue Toward a Biocultural Synthesis of the Peopling of the Americas, which brings together contributions that explore the origins and diversity of Indigenous populations across North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean. The volume grew out of an invited symposium held at the 90th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Biological Anthropologists and reflects a shared commitment to methodological pluralism, regional specificity, and ethical collaboration. By integrating genetic, skeletal, linguistic, and archaeological data with Indigenous perspectives and regional histories, the papers assembled here challenge overly linear and homogenizing models of human dispersion. They highlight the value of explanatory dissonance—tensions between datasets, temporal scales, and epistemic traditions—as a productive resource for understanding the complexity of human history. The issue's contributions range from simulation models and morphometric analyses to isotopic reconstructions and linguistic typology, offering complementary insights into population continuity, interaction, and diversification across the Americas. Commentaries by María Nieves-Colón and Rolando González-José situate these studies within broader disciplinary and epistemic debates, emphasizing the need for integrative, decolonial, and collaborative approaches. Together, the articles and commentaries demonstrate that the most meaningful advances in the study of the peopling of the Americas now emerge from explicitly biocultural frameworks that link biological variation, cultural history, and ethical engagement in the production of anthropological knowledge.

本文介绍了特刊《走向美洲居民的生物文化综合》,该特刊汇集了探索北美、中美洲、南美洲和加勒比地区土著居民的起源和多样性的文章。这本书是在第90届美国生物人类学家协会年会上应邀举办的研讨会上出版的,反映了对方法论多元化、区域特殊性和伦理合作的共同承诺。通过将遗传、骨骼、语言和考古数据与土著观点和地区历史相结合,这里汇集的论文挑战了过度线性和同质化的人类分散模型。他们强调了解释不协调的价值——数据集、时间尺度和认知传统之间的紧张关系——作为理解人类历史复杂性的有效资源。这期杂志的贡献范围从模拟模型和形态计量学分析到同位素重建和语言类型学,为整个美洲的人口连续性、相互作用和多样化提供了补充见解。María Nieves-Colón和Rolando González-José的评论将这些研究置于更广泛的学科和认知辩论中,强调需要综合的、非殖民化的和合作的方法。总之,这些文章和评论表明,美洲人类研究中最有意义的进展现在出现在明确的生物文化框架中,这种框架将生物变异、文化历史和人类学知识生产中的伦理参与联系起来。
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Proceedings of the 92nd Annual Business Meeting of the American Association of Biological Anthropologists 美国生物人类学家协会第92届商业年会论文集。
IF 2 2区 生物学 Q1 ANTHROPOLOGY Pub Date : 2025-11-10 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.70147
Amy L. Rector
<p>President Steve Leigh called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. Pacific Time on April 21, 2023. A quorum of over 40 Regular (voting) members present was established by the Secretary. The President welcomed attendees. All Annual Reports were uploaded on the AABA website prior to the Business Meeting and members were encouraged to review them online. The President, Vice President, Treasurer, <i>American Journal of Biological Anthropology</i> and <i>Yearbook of Biological Anthropology</i> reports were also presented orally at the meeting.</p><p>Steve Leigh presented comments and provided the following written report:</p><p>Please accept my appreciation and thanks to you, our members, for your involvement with and dedication to the Association. As usual, during our annual business meeting, we'll engage in the routine business of our association and celebrate the accomplishments of our outstanding colleagues with awards. Like last year, the business meeting will be broadcast live and recorded for those who are participating virtually this year.</p><p>The AABA has pursued numerous initiatives this year to address issues specific to the association as well as more general issues. Several initiatives have been substantial in their scope, involving tremendous commitment and hard work from many members. I thank all for their efforts and dedication to the discipline and to the AABA. We are a strong and innovative group, with a bright future.</p><p>Kristi Lewton, the Vice President and Program Chair, presented comments and submitted the following written report:</p><p>The Vice President chairs the Program Committee and coordinates AABA programming throughout the year. In 2022–2023, this centered on organizing the 92nd Annual Meeting in Reno, Nevada and online. This is the first time that AABA has held a conference in Reno, and only the second time in Nevada. Tasks related to organizing the annual conference included program committee formation, symposium proposal review, abstract submission review and notification, workshop proposal review, webinar coordination, scheduling the conference events, publication of the annual abstract volume, and publication of the conference program (see Appendix A for the 2022–2023 timeline of these events).</p><p>As in 2022, AABA decided to hold a hybrid conference with both in-person and virtual components for scientific presentations, workshops, and select other events. This decision was based on anecdotal reports from AABA attendees that they appreciated the opportunity to attend AABA virtually when constraints such as the COVID-19 pandemic prevented in-person participation.</p><p>The following report was submitted by Amy Rector:</p><p>The following report was submitted by Graciela Cabana for the fiscal year 2022:</p><p>This report from the Treasurer represents a preliminary account and assessment of the AABA finances between January 1st and December 31st, 2022. This report is preliminary because the accounting books for
史蒂夫·利主席于下午6点半宣布会议开始。太平洋时间2023年4月21日。秘书规定出席的法定人数为40名以上的常任(有表决权)成员。总统对与会者表示欢迎。所有年度报告都在商务会议之前上传到美国律师协会的网站上,并鼓励会员在线审阅。会长、副会长、司库、《美国生物人类学杂志》和《生物人类学年鉴》的报告也在会上作了口头报告。Steve Leigh发表了评论,并提供了以下书面报告:请接受我的感激和感谢您,我们的会员,对协会的参与和奉献。像往常一样,在我们的年度业务会议期间,我们将从事我们协会的日常业务,并为我们优秀的同事颁奖。与去年一样,今年的商务会议也将以现场直播和录播的方式向虚拟与会者提供。美国律师协会今年采取了许多举措来解决协会的具体问题以及更普遍的问题。一些倡议的范围相当大,涉及许多成员的巨大承诺和艰苦工作。我感谢所有人对这门学科和美国律师协会的努力和奉献。我们是一个强大的创新集团,拥有光明的未来。副总裁兼项目主席克里斯蒂·卢顿(Kristi Lewton)提出了意见,并提交了以下书面报告:副总裁担任项目委员会主席,并协调全年的AABA项目。在2022-2023年,这主要是在内华达州里诺组织第92届年会和在线会议。这是美国律师协会第一次在里诺召开会议,也是第二次在内华达州召开会议。与年会组织相关的工作包括项目委员会的组建、研讨会提案的审查、摘要提交的审查和通知、研讨会提案的审查、网络研讨会的协调、会议活动的安排、年度摘要卷的出版以及会议日程的出版(这些活动的2022-2023年时间表见附录A)。与2022年一样,AABA决定举办一场混合会议,其中包括面对面和虚拟组件,用于科学演示、研讨会和选择其他活动。这一决定是基于来自美国律师协会与会者的轶事报告,他们感谢在COVID-19大流行等限制因素无法亲自参加的情况下,有机会参加美国律师协会。以下报告是由Graciela Cabana提交的2022财政年度报告:财务主管的这份报告代表了2022年1月1日至12月31日期间美国律师协会财务状况的初步账目和评估。这份报告是初步的,因为2022财政年度的会计账簿直到2023.1年8月才正式结束,然而,到目前为止,2022年的大部分收入和支出已经记录在案。截至2022年底,由于召开面对面年会的正常费用,美国律师协会的经营性现金净亏损为120,912.78美元(表4)。截至2022年底,AABA用于运营目的的手头现金总额为491,232.12美元;这个金额包括我们的银行余额,其中包括3.5%的投资收益注入2(表5)。以下报告由Trudy Turner提交:以下报告由Lyle Konigsberg提交:2023年版的年鉴是我作为编辑的最后(第五)版。首先,我要向曾担任编辑委员会的Jada Benn Torres、Jane Buikstra、Noreen von Cramon-Taubadel、Darryl De Ruiter、Eduardo Fernandez-Duque、Agustín Fuentes、Debbie Guatelli-Steinberg和Laura MacLatchy表示衷心的感谢。我为这本书写的序言差不多完成了,封面也完成了。一旦最后一篇文章发表,我就可以发布2023年年鉴。如果运气好的话,这将发生在我们在里诺的会议之前,在那里我将把控制权交给Graciela Cabana和Sheela Athreya作为新的联合编辑。我期待着在他们精干的指导下阅读接下来的五本年鉴。请务必访问以下网页:https://www.yearbookbioanth.com/了解更多关于即将发布的2024-2028年年鉴的信息。在最后的年鉴报告中,总编辑提供过去五卷的一些信息,这已经成为一种传统。这五卷共发表了33篇文章。文章的传统分类是遗传学、古物、灵长类动物、骨骼/生物弓、HBV(用于人类生物变异)和其他(图4)。我把“skkel”从“bioarch”中分离出来,发现,正如人们从年鉴文章中所期望的那样,大多数可以分为两类甚至三类。我去掉了“其他”,因为只有一篇文章(在某种程度上)符合这个类别,主要是因为它可以被计算在每个类别中。 我首先要感谢编辑委员会,最后我要感谢Wiley的Gillian Greenough, Reeni Sunder和Olivia Barry,感谢他们在基本的编辑问题和“学者一号”的使用上给予的指导。他们与编辑委员会一起,使编辑的工作变得更加轻松和愉快。如果在这五年的道路上,我暴露了我暴躁的一面(我邪恶的孪生兄弟“凯尔”),我真的道歉。美国律师协会委员会主席在会议前提供了电子形式的书面报告(报告见下文),并开放提问。成员委员会的报告以电子形式在线提交给与会者,并由Stephanie Meredith在商务会议上口头提交。主席史蒂夫·利呼吁反对新成员。在没有出席投票的成员反对的情况下,成员委员会主席Stephanie Meredith对提交的名单进行了一致投票。Andrea B. Taylor提交了以下报告。HCARE是由美国律师协会执行委员会领导于2020年2月成立的一个特设委员会。委员会成员由美国律师协会主席任命。委员会由主席监督,主席由美国律师协会主席任命,任期四年。委员会成员包括Jessica Brinkworth, Agustín Fuentes, Stephanie Meredith和Robin Nelson。在2022年3月31日至2023年3月31日期间,HCARE召开了七次会议。这份纪念报告是由当选总统莱斯利·赫斯科编写的。获得认可的同事包括伊夫斯·科本斯、温迪·德克斯、法比安·格姆辛、比尔·荣格斯、比尔·金贝尔、卡莫亚·基梅乌、朱迪思·马斯特斯、保罗·梅拉斯、斯蒂芬·奥斯利、凯瑟琳·皮特里、塞巴斯蒂安·拉米雷斯·阿马亚、史蒂夫·罗斯、查克·斯诺登、埃莱诺·斯特林和斯图尔特·麦基·斯特鲁弗。剩余的堪萨斯州文件修订完成更名为美国生物人类学家协会。美国律师协会将起草一份支持性别和性少数群体的声明,并将在未来几个月安排相关的研讨会和聆听会议。2024年加利福尼亚州洛杉矶的地方安排委员会分享了场地和场地的信息(克里斯蒂·卢顿和斯蒂芬妮·梅雷迪思)。晚上8点45分休会。史蒂夫·利的《太平洋夏令时》。艾米·l·雷克特:写作-原稿(同等),写作-审查和编辑(同等)。
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An Optimized Methyl Methacrylate Embedding Protocol for Undecalcified Bone Histology Applications in Skeletal Biology 一种优化的甲基丙烯酸甲酯包埋方案用于未钙化骨组织在骨骼生物学中的应用。
IF 2 2区 生物学 Q1 ANTHROPOLOGY Pub Date : 2025-11-10 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.70159
Joshua T. Taylor, Zachary G. Porter, Janna M. Andronowski

Methyl methacrylate (MMA) impregnation and embedding procedures have been extensively employed for the examination of bone tissue to visualize microstructural and cellular details for quantifiable histological analyses. Current detailed MMA embedding protocols may require expensive instruments or limit use with certain tissue preparations (e.g., fresh). These techniques often require excessive heat, various chemicals for fixation and dehydrating, long fixation times, or decalcification. The introduction of such variables may result in damage to fragile and invaluable bone samples. Our newly developed protocol introduces a time-efficient MMA embedding technique allowing for replicable results for bone sections as thin as 50–100 μm from samples from diverse conditions (e.g., fresh, embalmed, diagenetic) and various animals (e.g., human, cervids, swine, lagomorphs). The presented technique limits heat and chemical exposure, does not require decalcification, reduces the amount of bone required, and significantly decreases embedding time. Over 300 trials were performed to optimize the procedure to ensure replicability. Our embedding protocol is currently being employed for the histological preparation of bone specimens from a large-scale modern human skeletal collection, the Andronowski Skeletal Collection for Histological and Imaging Research. The embedding procedure presented here will further extend the long-term fixation and preservation of samples for microscopy and imaging applications beyond traditional epoxy resin and hardener mounting systems.

甲基丙烯酸甲酯(MMA)浸渍和包埋程序已广泛用于骨组织检查,以可视化微观结构和细胞细节,以进行可量化的组织学分析。目前详细的MMA包埋方案可能需要昂贵的仪器或限制某些组织制剂(如新鲜组织)的使用。这些技术通常需要过多的热量、各种固定和脱水的化学物质、较长的固定时间或脱钙。引入这些变量可能会对脆弱和宝贵的骨样本造成损害。我们新开发的方案引入了一种省时的MMA包埋技术,允许从不同条件(例如,新鲜,防腐,成岩)和各种动物(例如,人类,动物,猪,lagomorphs)的样品中复制薄至50-100 μm的骨切片。所提出的技术限制了热和化学暴露,不需要脱钙,减少了所需的骨量,并显着缩短了嵌入时间。进行了300多次试验以优化程序以确保可复制性。我们的嵌入方案目前被用于大规模现代人类骨骼标本的组织学准备,安德罗诺夫斯基骨骼标本用于组织学和成像研究。本文介绍的包埋程序将进一步扩展显微镜和成像应用中样品的长期固定和保存,超越传统的环氧树脂和硬化剂安装系统。
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Measurement Error in Osteometric, Photographic, and Virtual Methodologies to Quantify the Torsional Profile of the Lower Limb 测量误差在骨测量,摄影,和虚拟方法量化下肢扭转轮廓。
IF 2 2区 生物学 Q1 ANTHROPOLOGY Pub Date : 2025-11-10 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.70154
Jessica S. Wollmann-Reynolds, Audrey Mees, Bence Viola, Michelle E. Cameron

Objectives

The torsional profile of the lower limb consists of femoral torsion, tibial torsion, and talar neck angle. Due to high levels of inter-individual variation and a lack of defining landmarks, these variables are difficult to precisely measure. It is important to ensure torsional profile measurement methodologies are repeatable, so that studies evaluating these variables can be compared.

Materials and Methods

Two observers collected torsional profile and linear measurements from the femur, tibia, and talus of 20 individuals using osteometric, photographic, and virtual methodologies. Intra- and interobserver error were assessed using the technical error of measurement (TEM), %TEM, and coefficient of reliability. Comparability between methods was evaluated using correlations, reduced major axis regression, and reduced mean squared error. Two methods for measuring the torsional profile were compared: a landmark method and a shape-fitting method.

Results

Observer error was low for linear measurements. Torsional profile measurements have higher intra- and interobserver error and lower comparability between methods than linear measurements. Shape-fitting methods for femoral torsion lowered observer error but did not improve methodological comparability. Shape-fitting methods for tibial torsion did not substantially alter observer error but improved method comparability. Shape-fitting methods for talar neck angle greatly improved method comparability, but not observer error.

Discussion

Linear measurements have low observer error and are highly comparable between osteometric and virtual methods. There is greater observer error and lower comparability between measurement modalities for angular measurements. Shape-fitting is a promising way to reduce observer error when measuring the torsional profile.

目的:下肢扭转轮廓包括股骨扭转、胫骨扭转和距颈角。由于高水平的个体间差异和缺乏明确的标志,这些变量很难精确测量。重要的是要确保扭转轮廓测量方法是可重复的,以便评估这些变量的研究可以进行比较。材料和方法:两名观察员收集了20名个体的股骨、胫骨和距骨的扭转剖面和线性测量,使用骨测量、摄影和虚拟方法。使用技术测量误差(TEM)、TEM %和信度系数来评估观察者内部和观察者之间的误差。使用相关性、减少主轴回归和减少均方误差来评估方法之间的可比性。比较了两种测量扭廓线的方法:地标法和形状拟合法。结果:线性测量的观察者误差较低。与线性测量相比,扭转剖面测量具有较高的观察者内部和观察者之间的误差和较低的方法之间的可比性。股骨扭转的形状拟合方法降低了观察者误差,但没有提高方法的可比性。胫骨扭转的形状拟合方法没有实质性地改变观察者的误差,但提高了方法的可比性。距颈角的形状拟合方法大大提高了方法的可比性,但没有提高观测器误差。讨论:线性测量具有低观察者误差,并且在骨测量和虚拟方法之间具有高度可比性。角度测量的测量方式之间存在较大的观测器误差和较低的可比性。形状拟合是一种很有前途的方法,可以在测量扭转轮廓时减小观测器误差。
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Morphological Influences and Energetic Walking Flexibility in Determining Preferred vs. Optimal Speeds: An Evolutionary Human Ecology Perspective on Children and Adolescents 形态影响和能量步行灵活性在决定首选和最佳速度:一个进化的人类生态学视角在儿童和青少年。
IF 2 2区 生物学 Q1 ANTHROPOLOGY Pub Date : 2025-11-07 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.70152
Guillermo Zorrilla-Revilla, Olalla Prado-Nóvoa, Kevin P. Davy, Rebeca García-González, Eleni Laskaridou, Kristen R. Howard, Elaina L. Marinik, José Miguel Carretero, Stella L. Volpe

Objectives

Locomotion is fundamental to the survival of our species. The most comfortable walking speed may be the most efficient for allocating conserved energy for other functions. However, whether preferred (PLS) and optimal (OLS) speeds align in children and adolescents remains unclear. This study aimed to determine whether OLS and PLS are similar in children and adolescents and how anthropometry influences both speeds and their differences.

Materials and Methods

Eleven females and 17 males (8–17 years of age) were anthropometrically characterized. Five treadmill walking pace tests were used to identify the OLS and U-shaped relationship between energy expenditure and speed (χ2 CoT), indicating walking flexibility. Additionally, PLS was self-selected using the same protocol. Differences between OLS and PLS were calculated (mean difference [MD]).

Results

No significant sex differences in anthropometry and speed-related variables were found. OLS, PLS, and their MD in the pooled sample were 3.05 ± 0.13, 2.46 ± 0.51, and 0.60 ± 0.46, respectively, with significant differences between OLS and PLS (p < 0.0001). Femur length (FL), Bi-iliac breadth (BIL), and χ2 CoT explained variance in OLS, PLS, and MD, respectively, in the forward stepwise regression models.

Discussion

Unlike adults, OLS and PLS are not interchangeable in children and adolescents. Participants with lower χ2 CoT (greater flexibility) can select comfortable speeds farther from OLS without energetic penalty. Taller individuals with longer femurs and wider hips might have biomechanical advantages in reaching higher OLS and PLS, but this reduces flexibility. These traits, along with the growth and development pattern of Homo sapiens, may reflect evolutionary advantages relevant to interspecies competition.

目的:运动是人类生存的基础。最舒适的步行速度可能是最有效地分配储存的能量用于其他功能。然而,儿童和青少年的首选(PLS)和最佳(OLS)速度是否一致仍不清楚。本研究旨在确定儿童和青少年的OLS和PLS是否相似,以及人体测量如何影响两者的速度及其差异。材料与方法:对11例女性和17例男性(8-17岁)进行人体测量学特征分析。使用5个跑步机步行速度测试来确定能量消耗与速度之间的OLS和u型关系(χ2 CoT),表明步行灵活性。此外,PLS是使用相同的协议自行选择的。计算OLS与PLS之间的差异(mean difference [MD])。结果:在人体测量和速度相关变量上没有发现显著的性别差异。合并样本的OLS、PLS及其MD分别为3.05±0.13、2.46±0.51和0.60±0.46,在正向逐步回归模型中OLS、PLS和MD的差异均有统计学意义(p 2 CoT分别解释了OLS、PLS和MD的方差)。讨论:与成人不同,OLS和PLS在儿童和青少年中不能互换。χ2 CoT较低(更大的灵活性)的参与者可以选择远离OLS的舒适速度,而不会受到能量损失。个子高、股骨长、臀部宽的人在达到更高的OLS和PLS时可能具有生物力学优势,但这会降低灵活性。这些特征以及智人的生长发育模式可能反映了与种间竞争相关的进化优势。
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Commentary on Special Issue: “Towards a Biocultural Synthesis of the Peopling of the Americas” 特刊评论:“迈向美洲居民的生物文化综合”。
IF 2 2区 生物学 Q1 ANTHROPOLOGY Pub Date : 2025-11-03 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.70149
Maria A. Nieves-Colón
<p>The peopling of the Americas has been a major topic of study in Anthropology since the early days of our field. However, the emergence of new technologies and theoretical frameworks, plus the growth of decolonial and engaged approaches has prompted a revision of previous understandings (Menéndez et al. <span>2022</span>; Raff <span>2022</span>; Willerslev and Meltzer <span>2021</span>). The contributions in this special issue “Towards a biocultural synthesis of the peopling of the Americas” illustrate this pivotal redirection, providing readers with a comprehensive view of how biological anthropologists today are rethinking what we thought we knew about the first communities to inhabit the double continent.</p><p>Many studies in this special issue re-engage and revisit “classic” lines of evidence (e.g., linguistics, dental and cranial morphology, kinship studies, mitochondrial DNA), but this move is not nostalgic or wistful. Instead, it seeks to test, refine, and modernize these frameworks with new data, methods, and an interdisciplinary perspective. For example, anthropologists have long theorized that kinship and postmarital residence patterns are essential aspects of human social life (Cveček <span>2024</span>). Figueiro (<span>2025</span>) connects kinship theory with paleogenomics by using computational simulations to test how ancient kin systems may have shaped the mtDNA diversity patterns seen in burial contexts. This study reminds us that kinship is not solely “ethnographic context” for population genetics studies but instead a key variable for comprehensive anthropological inference.</p><p>Similarly, Nichols (<span>2025</span>) and Scott et al. (<span>2025</span>) also revisit established methodologies and long-standing debates through novel and interdisciplinary frameworks. Nichols (<span>2025</span>) uses graphic cluster analyses to investigate the diversity and typological features of Indigenous American languages in relation to genetic, paleoclimatic and archaeological data. While Scott et al. (<span>2025</span>) apply statistical methods borrowed from forensic science to a large comparative dataset of dental morphological traits. Their biodistance analysis reconstructs demographic processes and characterizes ancestral relationships between Indigenous Americans and East Asian populations. Both studies build upon longstanding areas of anthropological inquiry while displaying deep respect for the previous generation of scholars who laid the theoretical and methodological foundation for today's work (Greenberg et al. <span>1986</span>; Turner <span>1983</span>). The contrasting patterns that each study identifies—Nichols (<span>2025</span>) finds support for multiple initial entries into the Americas, while Scott et al. (<span>2025</span>) propose a single migration model—illustrate both the promise and challenge of integrating multiple lines of evidence to address complex questions. Indeed, as prior scholarship is revised with today
从人类学研究的早期开始,美洲的人类就一直是人类学研究的一个主要课题。然而,新技术和理论框架的出现,加上非殖民化和参与式方法的增长,促使人们对以前的理解进行了修订(mensamendez et al. 2022; Raff 2022; Willerslev and Meltzer 2021)。本期特刊《走向美洲人的生物文化综合》中的文章说明了这一关键的转变,为读者提供了一个全面的视角,了解今天的生物人类学家如何重新思考我们对居住在这片双重大陆上的第一批社区的认识。本期特刊中的许多研究重新参与和回顾了“经典”证据(例如,语言学,牙齿和颅骨形态学,亲属研究,线粒体DNA),但这一举动并不是怀旧或渴望。相反,它试图用新的数据、方法和跨学科的观点来测试、改进和现代化这些框架。例如,人类学家长期以来一直认为亲属关系和婚后居住模式是人类社会生活的重要方面(cveek 2024)。Figueiro(2025)将亲缘关系理论与古基因组学联系起来,通过计算模拟来测试古代亲缘关系系统是如何塑造在埋葬环境中看到的mtDNA多样性模式的。这项研究提醒我们,亲属关系不仅仅是群体遗传学研究的“民族志背景”,而是综合人类学推断的关键变量。同样,Nichols(2025)和Scott等人(2025)也通过新颖的跨学科框架重新审视了已建立的方法和长期存在的争论。Nichols(2025)使用图形聚类分析来调查与遗传、古气候和考古数据相关的美洲土著语言的多样性和类型学特征。而Scott等人(2025)则将借鉴法医学的统计方法应用于牙齿形态特征的大型比较数据集。他们的生物距离分析重建了人口统计过程,并刻画了美洲原住民和东亚人口之间的祖先关系。这两项研究都建立在人类学研究的长期领域之上,同时对为今天的工作奠定理论和方法基础的上一代学者表示深深的敬意(Greenberg et al. 1986; Turner 1983)。每项研究确定的对比模式——nichols(2025)发现了对多个初始进入美洲的支持,而Scott等人(2025)提出了一个单一的迁移模型——说明了整合多个证据线来解决复杂问题的希望和挑战。事实上,随着先前的学术研究被今天更加跨学科的方法所修正,本期的学者们发现,要理解他们观察到的复杂的变化模式,需要多种解释,有时甚至是截然相反的解释。重要的是,这个集合中的研究拒绝简单的模型和直接的解释,而是挑战我们更深入和创造性地思考早期美国人口的异质性和多样性。Chinique de Armas等人(2025)使用多同位素分析,展示了古巴早期社会中不同的饮食和流动模式。他们的发现否定了先前的文化历史模型,该模型将早期人类描述为静态和统一的社区。相反,作者提出了一个更复杂的观点,认为早期加勒比社会在地区上是多样的、动态的和多元化的。同样,Arencibia等人(2025)对古巴塔哥尼亚单一埋葬环境中发现的两个B2有丝分裂基因组进行了详细分析。他们的发现表明,过去的巴塔哥尼亚B2进化支比现在更加多样化,这表明南锥体的人类迁移是一个比我们之前想象的更复杂、更活跃的过程。一些贡献也强调了即使在我们当前的“古基因组学革命”时刻,非遗传方法的持续相关性(Callaway 2023)。与本期的其他研究类似(参见Figueiro 2025和Chinique de Armas et al. 2025), Smith-Guzmán等人(2025)进行的骨学分析促使我们重新思考埋葬空间及其用途,并说明在长期持有的理论范式之外思考的价值。通过牙齿生物距离分析,他们发现巴拿马的集体埋葬代表了社区墓地,埋葬的是附近村庄的个人,而不是之前认为的大家庭成员。这项研究还表明,生物距离分析可以填补古代DNA保存不佳、现代人群遗传样本有限或破坏性分析不可行或在道德上不可持续的情况下留下的重要空白。 几乎所有的研究都强调需要多学科方法和多种证据的整合。Castro E Silva和h<s:1> nemeier(2025)在一篇全面的文章中展示了这种方法的力量,该文章回顾了说图皮语的人在亚马逊和更广泛的南美地区的学术扩张的考古学、语言学和遗传学证据。同样地,通过结合多个线索的证据,menmendendez和Urban(2025)在南锥体未被充分研究的种群中追踪了语言和形态结构的平行进化过程。这些研究反映了本期特刊的一个核心主题:没有一个单一的数据集足以捕捉美洲早期人口的生物文化复杂性。最后,本期还提供了现代生物人类学研究的多机构和国际性质的快照。这些文章有一个多样化的作者池,既有资深学者,也有新兴学者,反映了培训背景、子领域专业和职业阶段的多样性。值得注意的是,这里收集的作品也显示了拉丁美洲的重要领导作用,许多第一作者或通讯作者来自直到最近在这些职位上很少有代表的国家。这里收集的文章反映了一种日益增长的趋势,即随着本地学者与国际同行在合作伙伴关系中合作,包容性、能力建设和区域领导能力日益增强。这是一个可喜的变化,因为直到最近,该领域的学术研究还主要由全球北方的观点主导。总而言之,这期特刊呈现了一幅美洲人定居的图画,它是一系列过程的马赛克,有些是地方性的,有些是区域性的,还有一些是在整个大陆范围内发生的。它还指出了未来研究的兴趣领域。例如,古蛋白质组学(Warinner et al. 2022)和机器学习或人工智能(Lye et al. 2024; Pless et al. 2023)等新兴方法论方法的整合将如何改变我们对美洲早期定居的理解?美洲的哪些地区仍未得到充分开发和需要关注?生物人类学家将如何处理我们的工作为生活在美洲大陆上的各种土著和后代社区提出的伦理问题?有了这些新出现的学术成果,就我个人而言,我很高兴能找到答案。玛丽亚A. Nieves-Colón:概念化,写作-原稿,写作-审查和编辑。
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Assessing the Impact of Wear on the Recordability of Linear Enamel Hypoplasia: A Quantitative Approach 评估磨损对线状牙釉质发育不良可记录性的影响:一种定量方法。
IF 2 2区 生物学 Q1 ANTHROPOLOGY Pub Date : 2025-11-03 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.70145
Sacha Kacki, IJk van Hattum, Caroline Laforest, Caroline Polet, Frédéric Santos, Sarah Schrader, Sébastien Villotte

Objectives

This study proposes a standardized, empirically grounded framework for assessing the recordability of linear enamel hypoplasia (LEH) in archeological dental samples. Despite the frequent use of LEH as a skeletal stress indicator, there is no consensus on whether and how to account for dental wear in recording protocols.

Materials and Methods

We analyzed the permanent right teeth of 497 medieval and early modern individuals to assess how dental wear affects the visibility and diagnostic utility of hypoplastic defects across different crown regions. For a given tooth, we assessed if there is a region that tends to be (1) less (or more) recordable than others, (2) less (or more) frequently affected by LEH than others, and (3) less (or more) informative with respect to the presence or absence of LEH than others.

Results

The occlusal third was significantly less recordable and rarely provides additional data beyond the middle and cervical thirds. Excluding the occlusal third has minimal effect on overall LEH prevalence, while omitting the middle or cervical thirds leads to marked underestimation.

Discussion

These results highlight the importance of incorporating wear-based inclusion criteria into LEH recording protocols. We recommend including only teeth with dental wear affecting less than half of the crown. These findings support the development of standardized inclusion criteria based on crown wear to enhance the consistency and comparability of data on enamel hypoplastic defects across studies and populations.

目的:本研究提出了一个标准化的、基于经验的框架,用于评估考古牙齿样本中线性牙釉质发育不全(LEH)的可记录性。尽管经常使用LEH作为骨骼应力指标,但在记录方案中是否以及如何考虑牙齿磨损尚无共识。材料和方法:我们分析了497名中世纪和早期现代个体的右恒牙,以评估牙齿磨损如何影响不同冠区发育不全缺陷的可见性和诊断效用。对于给定的牙齿,我们评估是否有一个区域倾向于(1)比其他区域更少(或更多)可记录,(2)比其他区域更少(或更多)受LEH的影响,以及(3)关于LEH的存在或不存在的信息比其他区域更少(或更多)。结果:咬合三分位的可记录性明显较差,很少提供中颈三分位以外的额外数据。排除咬合的三分之一对LEH的总体患病率影响很小,而忽略中间或颈椎的三分之一会导致明显的低估。讨论:这些结果强调了将基于磨损的纳入标准纳入LEH记录协议的重要性。我们建议只包括牙齿磨损对牙冠影响小于一半的牙齿。这些发现支持基于冠磨损的标准化纳入标准的发展,以提高研究和人群中牙釉质发育不全缺陷数据的一致性和可比性。
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Diversity of Femoral Diaphyseal Structure in East Asian Modern Humans During the Paleolithic–Neolithic Transition 旧石器-新石器时代东亚现代人类股骨骨干结构的多样性
IF 2 2区 生物学 Q1 ANTHROPOLOGY Pub Date : 2025-10-31 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.70146
Yuhao Zhao, Jianing He, Chaohong Zhao, Jincheng Yu, Yongming Yuan, Tao Wang, Jingning Guo, Minna Wu, Song Xing

Objectives

During the Paleolithic–Neolithic transition, modern human femoral diaphyses underwent significant structural changes, primarily driven by shifts in subsistence patterns including decreased mobility and increased sedentism. However, femoral remains from East Asia during this period are inadequately reported and studied. This study investigates the femoral diaphyseal structures across East Asia during this transition, exploring their variation, evolutionary processes, and links to subsistence patterns reflected in the archeological record.

Materials and Methods

Human femora from Qihe Cave, Donghulin, and Taipinghu, representing South, North, and Northeast China during the transition, were analyzed. Midshaft cross-sectional shapes were compared with Early Upper Paleolithic (EUP), Late Upper Paleolithic (LUP), and recent sedentary agricultural (RSA) samples. Morphometric maps illustrating cortical bone thickness, external radius, and bending rigidity along the entire diaphysis were compared with Late Pleistocene early modern humans from South and North China and RSA specimens.

Results

Analysis of midshaft cross-sectional shapes revealed that DHL 4 and Qihe M2 align with the LUP group, whereas DHL M1 and TPH 45 show close affinities with the RSA group. Statistical analyses based on morphometric maps further reveal that DHL 4 and Qihe M2 share key features with Late Pleistocene early modern humans, whereas DHL M1 and TPH 45 fall within the RSA variation range.

Discussion

Two distinct femoral diaphyseal patterns are identified among East Asian modern humans during the transition, reflecting regional variations and intrapopulation divisions of labor, primarily associated with hunting and gathering strategies shaped by local environmental conditions and corresponding archeological cultures.

在旧石器时代到新石器时代的过渡时期,现代人类股骨干经历了重大的结构变化,主要是由生存模式的转变所驱动的,包括活动能力的减少和定居行为的增加。然而,这一时期东亚的股骨遗骸报道和研究并不充分。本研究调查了东亚地区在这一转变时期的股骨骨干结构,探讨了它们的变异、进化过程以及与考古记录中反映的生存模式的联系。材料与方法对代表中国南方、北方和东北转型时期的齐河洞、东虎林和太平湖的人类股骨进行了分析。中轴截面形状与旧石器时代早期晚期(EUP)、旧石器时代晚期(LUP)和最近的定居农业(RSA)样本进行了比较。形态学测量图显示了沿整个骨干的皮质骨厚度、外半径和弯曲刚度,并与来自华南和华北的晚更新世早期现代人和RSA标本进行了比较。结果中轴截面形状分析显示,DHL 4和齐河M2与LUP组一致,而DHL M1和TPH 45与RSA组一致。基于形态计量学图谱的统计分析进一步表明,DHL 4和齐河M2具有晚更新世早期现代人的主要特征,而DHL M1和TPH 45则属于RSA变异范围。在东亚现代人类中发现了两种不同的股骨骨干模式,反映了区域差异和人口内部的劳动分工,主要与当地环境条件和相应考古文化形成的狩猎和采集策略有关。
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