Academic Journal
Fluctuating dental asymmetry in great apes, fossil hominins, and modern humans: Implications for changing stressors during human evolution ...
| العنوان: | Fluctuating dental asymmetry in great apes, fossil hominins, and modern humans: Implications for changing stressors during human evolution ... |
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| المؤلفون: | Frederick, Michael, Gallup, Gordon |
| بيانات النشر: | Maryland Shared Open Access Repository |
| سنة النشر: | 2007 |
| المجموعة: | DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | fluctuating asymmetry, selection pressures, fossil hominins |
| الوصف: | Fluctuating asymmetry (FA), defined by random, stress-induced deviations from perfect bilateral symmetry, is an indication of the inability to buffer against developmental disturbances, such as poor early nutrition. One method of measuring FA involves comparing individual tooth sizes on opposing sides of the mouth. In this study tooth measurements were compiled for 296 individuals from 10 species, including chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus), gorillas (Gorilla gorilla), modern humans (Homo sapiens), and a number of fossil hominins. The orangutan sample had significantly lower levels of dental FA than the gorilla, chimpanzee, Homo erectus, neandertal, or modern human samples. In contrast, the human and neandertal samples had significantly higher dental FA levels than any of the great ape samples. Some explanations relating to relaxed selection pressures are suggested. ... : https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michael_Frederick5/publication/228342292_Fluctuating_dental_asymmetry_in_great_apes_fossil_hominins_and_modern_humans_Implications_for_changing_stressors_during_human_evolution/links/5419bacd0cf2218008bf9de8/Fluctuating-dental-asymmetry-in-great-apes-fossil-hominins-and-modern-humans-Implications-for-changing-stressors-during-human-evolution.pdf ... |
| نوع الوثيقة: | text |
| اللغة: | English |
| DOI: | 10.13016/m26c4t |
| الاتاحة: | https://dx.doi.org/10.13016/m26c4t http://mdsoar.org/handle/11603/4068 |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.FE125FA6 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.13016/m26c4t |
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