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    American Journal of Physical Anthropology: Volume 149, Issue 4

    485-653
    December 2012
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Research Articles

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An investigation of age-related changes at the acetabulum in 18th–19th century ad adult skeletons from Christ Church Spitalfields, London

S. Mays, 
  • Pages: 485-492
  • First Published: 17 October 2012
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Nutritional composition of actual and potential insect prey for the Kasekela chimpanzees of Gombe National Park, Tanzania

Robert C. O'Malley,  Michael L. Power, 
  • Pages: 493-503
  • First Published: 31 October 2012
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The genetic impact of aztec imperialism: Ancient mitochondrial DNA evidence from Xaltocan, Mexico

Jaime Mata-Míguez,  Lisa Overholtzer,  Enrique Rodríguez-Alegría,  Brian M. Kemp,  Deborah A. Bolnick, 
  • Pages: 504-516
  • First Published: 17 October 2012
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Intrapopulation variation in macro tooth wear patterns—a case study from Igloolik, Canada

Anna F. Clement,  Simon W. Hillson, 
  • Pages: 517-524
  • First Published: 02 November 2012
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Skeletal variation among early Holocene North American humans: Implications for origins and diversity in the Americas

Benjamin M. Auerbach, 
  • Pages: 525-536
  • First Published: 25 October 2012
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Cervical and crown outline analysis of worn Neanderthal and modern human lower second deciduous molars

Stefano Benazzi,  Cinzia Fornai,  Laura Buti,  Michel Toussaint,  Francesco Mallegni,  Stefano Ricci,  Giorgio Gruppioni,  Gerhard W. Weber,  Silvana Condemi,  Annamaria Ronchitelli, 
  • Pages: 537-546
  • First Published: 17 October 2012
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A three-dimensional analysis of bilateral directional asymmetry in the human clavicle

Emam ElHak Abdel Fatah,  Natalie R. Shirley,  Mohamed R. Mahfouz,  Benjamin M. Auerbach, 
  • Pages: 547-559
  • First Published: 17 October 2012
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Permanent tooth mineralization in bonobos (Pan paniscus) and chimpanzees (P. troglodytes)

Julia C. Boughner,  M. Christopher Dean,  Chelsea S. Wilgenbusch, 
  • Pages: 560-571
  • First Published: 25 October 2012
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Vertebral morphology influences the development of Schmorl's nodes in the lower thoracic vertebrae

Kimberly A. Plomp,  Charlotte A. Roberts,  Una Strand Viðarsdóttir, 
  • Pages: 572-582
  • First Published: 25 October 2012
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Phylogeography of mitochondrial haplogroup D1: An early spread of subhaplogroup D1j from Central Argentina

Angelina García,  Maia Pauro,  Rodrigo Nores,  Claudio M. Bravi,  Darío A. Demarchi, 
  • Pages: 583-590
  • First Published: 31 October 2012
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Termite fishing laterality in the fongoli savanna chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus): Further evidence of a left hand preference

S.L. Bogart,  J.D. Pruetz,  L.K. Ormiston,  J.L. Russell,  A. Meguerditchian,  W.D. Hopkins, 
  • Pages: 591-598
  • First Published: 05 November 2012

Brief Communications

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Brief communication: The effects of disuse on the mechanical properties of bone: What unloading tells us about the adaptive nature of skeletal tissue

Stephen H. Schlecht,  Deborrah C. Pinto,  Amanda M. Agnew,  Sam D. Stout, 
  • Pages: 599-605
  • First Published: 19 October 2012
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Brief communication: The Granada osteological collection of identified infants and young children

Inmaculada Alemán,  Javier Irurita,  Alba R. Valencia,  Argia Martínez,  Sandra López-Lázaro,  Joan Viciano,  Miguel C. Botella, 
  • Pages: 606-610
  • First Published: 06 November 2012
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Brief communication: New Y-chromosome binary markers improve phylogenetic resolution within haplogroup R1a1†

Horolma Pamjav,  Tibor Fehér,  Endre Németh,  Zsolt Pádár, 
  • Pages: 611-615
  • First Published: 31 October 2012
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Brief communication: Could Kadanuumuu (KSD-VP-1/1) and Lucy (AL 288-1) have walked together comfortably?

Patricia Ann Kramer, 
  • Pages: 616-621
  • First Published: 25 October 2012

Technical Notes

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Technical note: Variation in muscle mass in wild chimpanzees: Application of a modified urinary creatinine method

Melissa Emery Thompson,  Martin N. Muller,  Richard W. Wrangham, 
  • Pages: 622-627
  • First Published: 17 October 2012
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Technical note: A novel geometric morphometric approach to the study of long bone shape variation

Mélanie A. Frelat,  Stanislav Katina,  Gerhard W. Weber,  Fred L. Bookstein, 
  • Pages: 628-638
  • First Published: 02 November 2012

Book Reviews

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Book review

Bernard Thierry, 
  • Pages: 639-640
  • First Published: 17 October 2012
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Book review

Kristina Killgrove, 
  • Pages: 640-641
  • First Published: 02 November 2012

AAPA Proceeding

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Proceedings of the Eighty-First Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, The Portland Hilton and Executive Tower, Portland, Oregon, April 11–14, 2012

  • Pages: 642-653
  • First Published: 16 November 2012