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Scanning Skeletal Remains for Bone Mineral Density in Forensic Contexts
Published on: January 29, 2018
カリフォルニア州下部のパレオアメリカンの生存に関する頭蓋骨測定の証拠
Rolando González-José1, Antonio González-Martín, Miquel Hernández
1Universitat de Barcelona, Facultat de Biologia, Secció d'Antropologia, Diagonal 645, 08028 Barcelona, Spain. rolandogonzalez@ub.edu
Nature
|September 5, 2003
まとめ
初期のアメリカ人 (Palaeoamericans) は,現代の先住民族とは異なる特徴を示しています. バハ・カリフォルニアの集団は,パレオアメリカンの特徴を保持しており,孤立しているにもかかわらず,時間的な連続性を示唆しています.
科学分野:
- アントロポロジー人類学
- 遺伝学 遺伝学とは
- 考古学考古学とは
背景:
- アメリカ大陸の定住は議論の的であり,初期ホロセーンの人類 (パレオアメリカン) と現代の先住民族の人口との間の形態学的関連が欠如している.
- 双重移住モデルでは,古アメリカ人と後に先住民族の集団は別々に発生し,古アメリカ人はオーストラリア人と祖先を共有する可能性があると示唆しています.
研究 の 目的:
- 古代のパレオアメリカン人とアメリカ大陸の現代の先住民族の間の形態学的類似性を調査する.
- アメリカ大陸における初期の人類の遺伝的および形態学的連続性を探求する.
- 人口の孤立と遺伝的差異に対する環境変化の影響を理解する.
主な方法:
- comparative morphological analysis of skeletal remains. 骨格残骸の比較形態学的分析. 骨格残骸の比較形態学的分析. 骨格残骸の比較形態学的分析. 骨格残骸の比較形態学的分析. 骨格残骸の比較形態学的分析. 骨格残骸の比較形態学的分析. 骨格残骸の比較形態学的分析.
- メキシコのバハ・カリフォルニア半島の現代の先住民集団の分析.
- 気候変化を含む遺伝子フローと集団孤立因子の評価.
主要な成果:
- バハ・カリフォルニア半島からの現代の先住民集団は,他の現代のアメリカンインディアン集団よりも,パレオアメリカン遺跡とのより明確な形態学的親和性を示しています.
- 証拠は,この孤立した集団において,パレオアメリカンの形態学的パターンが現在に至るまで時間的に継続していることを示唆している.
- 中世ホロセンの気候の変化は,孤立を容易にし,遺伝子の流れを制限し,先祖の特徴を保存した.
結論:
- この発見は,現代のすべてのアメリカ先住民にとって,単一の,均一な第二次移住という概念に異議を唱えている.
- この研究は,現代人集団におけるパレオアメリカンの形態学的特徴の持続に関する証拠を提供します.
- 環境要因は,アメリカ大陸の孤立した集団の特徴を維持する上で重要な役割を果たしました.
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