Congruence of distance matrices based on cranial discrete traits, cranial measurements, and linguistic‐geographic criteria in five Alaskan populations
Abstract Biological distances (C. A. B. Smith's Measure of Divergence) based on 25 nonmetric skull variants have been compared with distances (Mahalanobis' D 2 ) based on cranial measurements of four Eskimo populations representing the Yupik subdivision of the Eskaleut linguistic stock, an...
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crwiley:10.1002/ajpa.1330470116 2024-06-02T07:54:43+00:00 Congruence of distance matrices based on cranial discrete traits, cranial measurements, and linguistic‐geographic criteria in five Alaskan populations Ossenberg, N. S. 1977 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.1330470116 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fajpa.1330470116 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ajpa.1330470116 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor American Journal of Physical Anthropology volume 47, issue 1, page 93-98 ISSN 0002-9483 1096-8644 journal-article 1977 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.1330470116 2024-05-03T11:29:35Z Abstract Biological distances (C. A. B. Smith's Measure of Divergence) based on 25 nonmetric skull variants have been compared with distances (Mahalanobis' D 2 ) based on cranial measurements of four Eskimo populations representing the Yupik subdivision of the Eskaleut linguistic stock, and one Aleut population. The ranking of Measures of Divergence (pooled‐sex samples ) for ten pairwise comparisons is significantly correlated (pearman's r s ) with both the male and female rankings of the F‐values of D 2 . In addition, the nonmetric distances showed stronger concordance than the metric distances with a hierarchy based on linguistic and geographical affinities. These findings indicate that, depending upon the particular battery of variants used, discrete traits provide valid taxonomical information in the study of extinct human populations. Article in Journal/Newspaper aleut eskimo* Yupik Wiley Online Library American Journal of Physical Anthropology 47 1 93 98 |
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Abstract Biological distances (C. A. B. Smith's Measure of Divergence) based on 25 nonmetric skull variants have been compared with distances (Mahalanobis' D 2 ) based on cranial measurements of four Eskimo populations representing the Yupik subdivision of the Eskaleut linguistic stock, and one Aleut population. The ranking of Measures of Divergence (pooled‐sex samples ) for ten pairwise comparisons is significantly correlated (pearman's r s ) with both the male and female rankings of the F‐values of D 2 . In addition, the nonmetric distances showed stronger concordance than the metric distances with a hierarchy based on linguistic and geographical affinities. These findings indicate that, depending upon the particular battery of variants used, discrete traits provide valid taxonomical information in the study of extinct human populations. |
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Ossenberg, N. S. Congruence of distance matrices based on cranial discrete traits, cranial measurements, and linguistic‐geographic criteria in five Alaskan populations |
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Congruence of distance matrices based on cranial discrete traits, cranial measurements, and linguistic‐geographic criteria in five Alaskan populations |
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Congruence of distance matrices based on cranial discrete traits, cranial measurements, and linguistic‐geographic criteria in five Alaskan populations |
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Congruence of distance matrices based on cranial discrete traits, cranial measurements, and linguistic‐geographic criteria in five Alaskan populations |
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Congruence of distance matrices based on cranial discrete traits, cranial measurements, and linguistic‐geographic criteria in five Alaskan populations |
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Congruence of distance matrices based on cranial discrete traits, cranial measurements, and linguistic‐geographic criteria in five Alaskan populations |
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congruence of distance matrices based on cranial discrete traits, cranial measurements, and linguistic‐geographic criteria in five alaskan populations |
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