影响史前日本采集者种群之间的头骨变异的因素
L T Buck1, L P Menéndez2,3, I De Groote4
1Research Centre for Evolutionary Anthropology and Palaeoecology, Liverpool John Moores University, Byrom Street, Liverpool, L3 3AF UK.
Archaeological and anthropological sciences
|December 15, 2023
概括
饮食影响了Jomon的头骨形状,特别是神经,这表明了生物力学适应. 在这个史前日本人口中,人口历史并没有显著地塑造头骨形态.
科学领域:
- 生物人类学是生物学人类学.
- 古人类学古人类学.
- 人类进化人类的进化.
背景情况:
- 头骨形状受到气候,饮食和人口历史的影响.
- 之前的研究很少在一个人群中比较这些因素.
- 日本的Jomon捕食者提供了一个独特的模型,因为他们的环境和生计策略多样化.
研究的目的:
- 调查饮食和人口史对Jomon群体内人类头骨变异的影响.
- 为了比较饮食和人口史对面形状在人口内部规模的相对贡献.
主要方法:
- 几何形态测量应用到一个大样本的Jomon头骨.
- 根据考古证据,Jomon个体被分类为饮食组.
- 分析与饮食群体和人口历史有关的头骨形状变化.
主要成果:
- 有证据表明,饮食与神经形状有关的影响,特别是部区域.
- 在Jomon个体中没有发现人口史的显著模式.
- 饮食对头骨形态的影响似乎微妙,并由其他因素如性别和时间表介导.
结论:
- 饮食在塑造人类头骨形态方面发挥着作用,可能是通过对不同食物资源的生物力学适应.
- 在这个Jomon样本中,人口史并不是变异的主要驱动因素.
- 了解头骨多样性需要考虑饮食,环境和其他生物和社会因素之间的复杂相互作用.
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