Within and between race distances in population studies based on discrete traits of the human skull
Abstract A battery of 24 discrete cranial traits has been tested for its power to discriminate within‐ and between‐race distances for the two principal North American indigenous populations: Indian (7 samples, N = 366) and Eskimo (7 samples, N = 451). One of the Indian samples, Dakota Sioux, has bee...
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crwiley:10.1002/ajpa.1330450337 2024-06-02T08:06:09+00:00 Within and between race distances in population studies based on discrete traits of the human skull Ossenberg, Nancy S. 1976 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.1330450337 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fajpa.1330450337 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ajpa.1330450337 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor American Journal of Physical Anthropology volume 45, issue 3, page 701-715 ISSN 0002-9483 1096-8644 journal-article 1976 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.1330450337 2024-05-03T11:45:15Z Abstract A battery of 24 discrete cranial traits has been tested for its power to discriminate within‐ and between‐race distances for the two principal North American indigenous populations: Indian (7 samples, N = 366) and Eskimo (7 samples, N = 451). One of the Indian samples, Dakota Sioux, has been split according to tribal subdivisions, the intra‐tribal mean distance providing a parameter of very close relationship. In addition, two Negro samples provide a parameter of relationship phylogenetically remote from the Amerinds. Separate male‐female analysis of the three largest samples indicates that distances for pooled samples are not seriously affected by the sex component. Within‐race distances (C. A. B. Smith's Measure of Divergence, MD), are smaller than between‐race at the .00001 level of significance (Mann‐Whitney U test) for both Indian‐Eskimo and Amerind‐Negro comparisons. The features most powerful for Indian‐Eskimo discrimination are revealed by their percent contribution to the mean of 49 MD's. The African heritage of American Blacks is reflected in a characteristic Negro pattern of trait frequencies different from the Amerind. This battery of features yields valid taxonomical information useful in conjunction with other physical data to reconstruct affinities of extinct populations. Article in Journal/Newspaper eskimo* Wiley Online Library Indian American Journal of Physical Anthropology 45 3 701 715 |
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Abstract A battery of 24 discrete cranial traits has been tested for its power to discriminate within‐ and between‐race distances for the two principal North American indigenous populations: Indian (7 samples, N = 366) and Eskimo (7 samples, N = 451). One of the Indian samples, Dakota Sioux, has been split according to tribal subdivisions, the intra‐tribal mean distance providing a parameter of very close relationship. In addition, two Negro samples provide a parameter of relationship phylogenetically remote from the Amerinds. Separate male‐female analysis of the three largest samples indicates that distances for pooled samples are not seriously affected by the sex component. Within‐race distances (C. A. B. Smith's Measure of Divergence, MD), are smaller than between‐race at the .00001 level of significance (Mann‐Whitney U test) for both Indian‐Eskimo and Amerind‐Negro comparisons. The features most powerful for Indian‐Eskimo discrimination are revealed by their percent contribution to the mean of 49 MD's. The African heritage of American Blacks is reflected in a characteristic Negro pattern of trait frequencies different from the Amerind. This battery of features yields valid taxonomical information useful in conjunction with other physical data to reconstruct affinities of extinct populations. |
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Within and between race distances in population studies based on discrete traits of the human skull |
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Within and between race distances in population studies based on discrete traits of the human skull |
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Within and between race distances in population studies based on discrete traits of the human skull |
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