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Keeping Biological Anthropology in Anthropology, and Anthropology in Biology
Considerable tension among the subfields has existed within the discipline of anthropology. As a result, some anthropology departments have splintered, and the hallmark "holistic approach" of anthropology has been considered more myth than reality. However, as promoted by the American Anthropological Association and the American Anthropologist for over one hundred years, enhancing the holistic ...
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biological anthropology had been considerably changed from beginning to now. from 19th to mid-20th century, the race has been the principal concept in bio-anthropologic researches. since mid-20th, the concept of race replaced with the new subjects. the second half of 20th century can be counted as the transition period for bio-anthropology. the three last decades of 20th century are the decades...
متن کاملIntensive Course in Biological Anthropology
Introduction The present paper deals with the problems of facial approximation from the skull. Presently, the term “face reconstruction” is widely replaced by more accurate term “face approximation”. The reason is simple. The term “reconstruction” can be understood as “restoration” but also “the exact recreation of ante mortem look”. In praxis, it is impossible to obtain exact appearance, becau...
متن کاملIntensive Course in Biological Anthropology
Aim of the present study was to assess and compare the nutritional status and body composition variation among institutionalized and non-institutionalized senior citizens. Height, weight, skinfold thicknesses at five different body sites, waist circumference, hip circumference, heart rate and blood pressure were measured in 457 subjects ranging in age from 60-85 years. This includes 175 elderly...
متن کاملIntensive Course in Biological Anthropology
Introduction Vitamin D deficiency is the major cause of rickets and osteomalacia, bone diseases which lead to several deformities of the skeleton. This paper gives a review about skeletal evidence of both diseases in Europe. First, it is necessary to explain the main principles of vitamin D metabolism in order to understand causes and effects of vitamin D deficiency. These aspects are followed ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Nature
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0028-0836,1476-4687
DOI: 10.1038/379293a0