Revisiting dental fluctuating asymmetry in neandertals and modern humans

• Published in: American Journal of Physical Anthropology
• Main Authors: Barrett, Christopher K., Guatelli‐Steinberg, Debbie, Sciulli, Paul W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2012
• Subjects: Point Hope; Inupiat; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.22107; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fajpa.22107; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ajpa.22107

Abstract Previous studies have suggested that Neandertals experienced greater physiological stress and/or were less capable of mitigating stress than most prehistoric modern human populations. The current study compares estimates of dental fluctuating asymmetry (DFA) for prehistoric Inupiat from Poi...