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Sazelová S, Lawler D, Hladilová Š, Boriová S, Šáliová S, Janoušek T, Perri A, Hublin JJ, Svoboda J. A wolf from Gravettian site Pavlov I, Czech Republic: Approach to skull pathology. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PALEOPATHOLOGY 2020; 31:7-13. [PMID: 32866768 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpp.2020.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2019] [Revised: 07/17/2020] [Accepted: 07/30/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Describe pathological features on internal and external aspects of the skull of an ancient grey wolf. MATERIALS Wolf remains that were found at the southwestern settlement Area A of Gravettian site Pavlov I. METHODS Visual observation and description; microcomputed tomography; porosity and fragmentation indices for internal and external skull features; histological section of the fourth upper premolar tooth. RESULTS Dorsally, the sagittal crest revealed bone healing and remodeling. The sagittal lesion differential diagnosis was blunt trauma with or without fracture. Ventrally, otic region pathology included severe proliferation and lysis (osteomyelitis). The pathology was not resolvable among differential (microbial) causes of osteomyelitis, although other potential etiologies were ruled out. CONCLUSIONS Probable first report of otic region osteomyelitis in an ancient grey wolf. SIGNIFICANCE The proximity of the wolf remains to human-related findings, and presence of red ochre and shells, suggest human involvement in the burial. LIMITATIONS This is a single specimen with differential diagnoses that were not resolvable to a single definitive diagnosis. SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH Further investigation of the possible anthropological significance of the burial circumstances.
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- Sandra Sazelová
- Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Archeology, Brno, Center for Paleolithic and Paleoanthropology Dolní Věstonice, Čechyňská 19, CZ - 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic.
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- Center for American Archeology, Rt. 100, Kampsville IL 62053 USA; Illinois State Museum, 1011 E. Ash St., Springfield IL 62703 USA; Pacific Marine Mammal Center, 20612 Laguna Canyon Rd., Laguna Beach CA 92561 USA.
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- Masaryk University, Faculty of Science, Department of Geological Sciences, Kotlářská 2, CZ - 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic.
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- Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Archeology, Brno, Center for Paleolithic and Paleoanthropology Dolní Věstonice, Čechyňská 19, CZ - 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic; University of Hradec Králové, Faculty of Arts, Department of Archeology, Rokitanského 62, CZ - 500 03 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic.
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- Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Archeology, Brno, Center for Paleolithic and Paleoanthropology Dolní Věstonice, Čechyňská 19, CZ - 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic; Masaryk University, Faculty of Science, Department of Anthropology, Kotlářská 2, CZ - 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic.
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- Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Archeology, Brno, Center for Paleolithic and Paleoanthropology Dolní Věstonice, Čechyňská 19, CZ - 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic.
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- University of Durham, Department of Archeology, Stockton Road, Durham, DH1 3LE United Kingdom.
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- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Department of Human Evolution, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 Leipzig, Germany; Collège de France, 11 place M. Berthelot, 75005 Paris, France.
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- Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Archeology, Brno, Center for Paleolithic and Paleoanthropology Dolní Věstonice, Čechyňská 19, CZ - 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic; Masaryk University, Faculty of Science, Department of Anthropology, Kotlářská 2, CZ - 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic.
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Mahoney P, McFarlane G, Pitfield R, O'Hara MC, Miszkiewicz JJ, Deter C, Seal H, Guatelli-Steinberg D. A structural biorhythm related to human sexual dimorphism. J Struct Biol 2020; 211:107550. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2020.107550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2020] [Revised: 06/09/2020] [Accepted: 06/11/2020] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Karaaslan H, Seckinger J, Almabrok A, Hu B, Dong H, Xia D, Dekyi T, Hogg RT, Zhou J, Bromage TG. Enamel multidien biological timing and body size variability among individuals of Chinese Han and Tibetan origins. Ann Hum Biol 2020; 48:23-29. [PMID: 32657156 DOI: 10.1080/03014460.2020.1785010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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AIMS To measure the number of days of enamel formation between periodic striae of Retzius growth lines, the Retzius periodicity (RP), and to compare this multi-day, or multidien rhythm, to body height and weight among people from Beijing, China and Lhasa, Tibet/China. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Subjects requiring dental extractions from clinics in Beijing, China (N = 338) and Lhasa, Tibet/China (N = 227) provided a tooth and body size information. Multiple observers examined histological sections of the teeth and recorded RP. RP values were statistically compared to body height and weight. RESULTS In Beijing and Lhasa samples, respectively, average height was 166.38 and 165.70 cm, average weight was 59.53 and 66.53 kg, and average RP was 7.47 and 7.69 d. Statistically significant differences were found between Beijing and Lhasa weight and RP means. Correlations for height and weight against RP were significant, but only comparatively strong for height. CONCLUSIONS Supporting the negative correlation presented in previous studies, RP is negatively associated with height and weight among a large intraspecific sample of people from Beijing and Lhasa. RP represents a metabolic-mediated multidien biological timing mechanism responsible for the rate of cell proliferation and maintenance of the body.
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- Hakan Karaaslan
- Department of Endodontics, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.,Department of Biomaterials, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Biomaterials, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Biomaterials, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Molecular Pathobiology, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Integrated Emergency Dental Care and General Dentistry, Capital Medical University School of Stomatology, Beijing, PR China
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- Department of Integrated Emergency Dental Care and General Dentistry, Capital Medical University School of Stomatology, Beijing, PR China
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- Department of Stomatology, Tibetan Hospital of Traditional Tibetan Medicine, Lhasa, PR China
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- Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL, USA
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- Department of Integrated Emergency Dental Care and General Dentistry, Capital Medical University School of Stomatology, Beijing, PR China
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- Department of Biomaterials, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, NY, USA.,Department of Molecular Pathobiology, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, NY, USA
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Dirks W, Lemmers SAM, Ngoubangoye B, Herbert A, Setchell JM. Odontochronologies in male and female mandrills (
Mandrillus sphinx
) and the development of dental sexual dimorphism. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 2020; 172:528-544. [DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.24094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2019] [Revised: 02/18/2020] [Accepted: 05/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Wendy Dirks
- Department of AnthropologyDurham University Durham UK
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- Department of AnthropologyDurham University Durham UK
- Science and Technology in Archaeology Research CenterThe Cyprus Institute Nicosia Cyprus
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- Centre de Primatologie, Centre Internationale de Recherches Médicales Franceville Gabon
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Kierdorf H, Breuer F, Witzel C, Kierdorf U. Pig enamel revisited – Incremental markings in enamel of wild boars and domestic pigs. J Struct Biol 2019; 205:48-59. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2018.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2018] [Revised: 11/19/2018] [Accepted: 11/21/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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