Optimal trait scoring for age estimation |
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Authors: | Lyle W Konigsberg Susan R Frankenberg Helen M Liversidge |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign, Urbana, IL;2. Centre for Oral Growth and Development, Institute of Dentistry, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK |
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Abstract: | What are the effects that genetics has had on Anthropological research and how can we think anthropologically about Genetics? Just as genetic data have encouraged new hypotheses about human phenotypic variation, evolutionary history, population interaction, and environmental effects, so too has Anthropology offered to genetic studies a new interpretive locus in its history and perspective. This introduction examines how the fields of Anthropology and Genetics have arrived at a crucial moment at which their interaction requires careful examination and critical reflection. The papers discussed here exemplify how we may engage in such a trans-disciplinary conversation. They speak to the future of thoughtful interaction between genetic and anthropological literature and seek a new integration that embodies the holism of the human biological sciences. |
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Keywords: | Lagrange multiplier test cumulative probit analysis pubic symphysis dental formation |
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