Related Experiment Video
Updated: Oct 8, 2026

Assessment of Child Anthropometry in a Large Epidemiologic Study
Published on: February 2, 2017
Brief communication: the 1996 American Association of Physical Anthropology membership survey
1Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 53201, USA. trudy@csd.uwm.edu
Abstract:
The 1996 AAPA membership survey included 1,033 participants. This number represents 72.6% of the membership of the association. Data were collected on gender, academic rank, highest degree, decade highest degree was awarded, discipline, employment, and rank order of subdiscipline. There are statistically significant differences (Chi-square test, P < 0.05) in subdiscipline membership including, among others, human and primate evolution, primatology, and skeletal biology. There are also gender differences in number of students and academic rank.
Related Concept Videos
Contact-Dependent Cell Communication
Surveys
Relationship Formation
The Fossil Record
Changes in the Appendicular Skeleton with Age
Initially, the limb buds consist of a core of mesenchyme covered by a layer of ectoderm. The ectoderm at the end of the limb bud thickens to form a narrow crest called the apical ectodermal ridge. This ridge stimulates the underlying...
Evolutionary Psychology

